'The fighting first' about the role of United States 1st Infantry Division in various campaigns during World War II. A soldier of United States 1st Infantry Division. Combat boots of soldiers during the civil war and World War I. A map shows the 1st Infantry Division units moving across the Atlantic Ocean towards North Africa for Operation Torch in November, 1942. Soldiers of 1st Infantry Division go to England and loaded onto ships as they move to Africa. U.S. General Terry Allen aboard a ship. Infantry soldiers fire in Oran, Algeria. Aircraft in flight, explosions occur and a convoy of trucks on advance during the battle in Oran. 1st Infantry Division troops as part of US II Corps battle against Nazi General Rommel's armies in Tunisia, North Africa. Battle scenes against German forces in North Africa in a variety of locations, overlaid with this narration: "we damn near flunked out at the Kasserine (Kasserine Pass). But we learned the score and we started to teach Gerry a few things out of our book. We rammed our way back to Gafsa and down Rommel's throat at El Guettar, where we tore up his crack 10th panzer division." In 1943, men of 1st Infantry Division load onto ships and arrive in Sicily. Troops advance into a town in Sicily after capturing it. Damaged houses in a city in Sicily.
U.S. Navy sailors return to civil life in Long Beach, New York after as soldiers and sailors are discharged at end of World War II. The sailors are among the first groups to be released in Long Beach on a point system. Sailors at a separation center stand in line a pay windows to receive paychecks and then attend group ceremonies to receive honorable discharge papers. Workers leave war production plants at the end of a shift. Civilians line up in cities for new jobs in post-war industries. Clothes iron presses, washing machines, and new 1946 Ford cars on assembly lines being built in peacetime economy.
U.S. airmen and Vietnamese worker sandbag a cargo container. Sign on a building reads 'Post Office APO 96368'. RMK Staff and 819th Civil Engineering Squadron staff mess building at Phu Cat Air Force Base. Sign on the mess building reads 'Lunch Schedule Breakfast 0500-0630 Lunch 1130-1300 Dinner 1630-1930 Midnight 2300-2330'. Air tank near the mess building. U.S. Airman and Vietnamese worker dig ground with shovel near billet under construction. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Airman enters a nearly completed billet at 819th CES construction area of the RMK and 819th Civil Engineering Squadron Air Force base project. USAF truck parked in front of the billet. Sign board on a building reads 'Paint Shop'. Airman walks. Incomplete billet and a backhoe loader in background. Airman cuts signs from card board . Airmen work at a nearly completed billet. Airman fuels a USAF truck at POL depot. (Vietnam War period).
Airman fuels a USAF truck at POL depot in 819th CES construction area of the RMK and 819th Civil Engineering Squadron Air Force base project. Yellow colored tanker in background. USAF transport trucks parked near carpenter shop and lumbar yard. Stacks of wooden planks and blocks at the lumbar yard. Inflatable storage facility. Colonel John B Rose Jr observes airmen at work. (Vietnam War period).
View of the dining hall at 819th CES construction area of the RMK and 819th Civil Engineering Squadron Air Force base project. Airmen pass by the dining hall building. Garbage cans at backside of the dining hall building. Airmen dump leftover food and waste in the garbage cans. Personnel leave dining hall and clean mess kits. (Vietnam War period).
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