Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is met by General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur, as he arrives by airplane in Manila, Philippines. Japanese diplomats and military officers board the U.S. Battleship, Missouri, to sign surrender documents. Admiral Nimitz is one of the signatories. Nimitz is given a hero's welcome, in Washington, DC, replete with a military parade. He addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress. Admiral Richard Byrd briefs Admiral Nimitz (now Chief of Naval Operations) about the 1947 expedition to Antarctica. Admiral Nimitz receiving an honorary degree from Columbia University, in New York. (Others present during this event include General Dwight Eisenhower and General George Marshall.) Nimitz, appointed as UN Plebiscite Administrator for Kashmir. He is visited by members of the Japanese Diet and signs autographs for them. Nimitz standing with President Truman, who appoints him to a special commission on internal security. Retired Admiral Nimitz at home in his garden at Berkeley Hills, California. Weather vane at his house contains 5 stars and replica of a submarine.
U.S. Air Force General Hap Arnold meeting with other allied military chiefs at the Potsdam conference, following the end of World War II, in Europe. General Arnold gives a speech during the 38th Anniversary of air power in the United States. Military band plays during the ceremony. General Henry steps from airplane and shakes hands with some of his Air Force Commanders in the Pacific theater. B-29 Super fortresses bombing Japan.Bombardier seen inside B-29 Super fortress. View of General of the Army, Henry (Hap) Arnold. Aircraft of the Air Force demonstration team, The Thunderbirds, in flight. September 18, 1947, formation of the United States Air Force as a separate service. January, 1950, the funeral of General Arnold at Arlington Cemetery, Virginia. Arnold Engineering Development Center building in Tullahoma, Tennessee. President Harry Truman dedicates the Center. B-47 and B-52 bombers taking off. Various Air Force aircraft seen taking off. Views of the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Film 'Voice of the truth' dramatizes reactions of U.S. Army soldiers listening to Japanese propagandist Tokyo Rose report the news. The propaganda report makes an effort to convince troops that the people at home are not interested in soldiers. The United States troops smoke and relax while listening to music on radio below decks on troop transport ship. Soldier writes on a piece of paper. Another soldier checks rifle. Troops get on to landing crafts from ships and prepare to fight. A soldier questions the propaganda. (World War II period).
Re-enacted broadcast of the 'Zero Hour' by Iva Ikuko Toguri as 'Orphan Ann' from Radio Tokyo. Iva Ikuko Toguri begins the broadcast, saying, 'Greetings everybody! This is your Number One Enemy, your favorite playmate, Orphan Ann on Radio Tokyo...the little sunbeam whose throat you'd like to cut! Get ready again for a vicious assault on your morale, 75 minutes of music and news for our friends...I mean, our enemies!' A male announcer, possibly her husband, Felipe d' Aquino, reads propaganda news about Pacific battles and American casualties. Toguri was wrongly tried and sentenced for being 'Tokyo Rose' a supposed Radio Tokyo character that was never identified. (World War II period).
Re-enacted broadcast of the 'Zero Hour' by 'Orphan Ann' from Radio Tokyo. Radio announcer Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Iva Ikuko Toguri before marriage) speaking in English tells about her life since the day she left Los Angeles where she was born and came to Japan to visit a sick aunt. She talks about how she came to work for the Japanese government. Iva Ikuko Toguri would later be wrongly convicted as the voice behind 'Tokyo Rose' a legendary radio personality that was never found.
Re-enacted broadcast of the 'Zero Hour' by 'Orphan Ann' from Radio Tokyo. Radio announcer, possibly Felipe d' Aquino, reads from a sheet of paper. He reads Japanese propaganda suggesting that the capture of Okinawa was a worthless sacrifice of American lives.
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