Formation of fighter planes in flight at Henderson Field in Guadalcanal Island. TBF Avenger plane leaves and lands. A gasoline truck seen. A man fills gasoline in a TBF Avenger. The man drives the gasoline truck and leaves. U.S. fighter aircraft F4U Corsair takes off. F4U Corsair fighter planes in flight.
Paris Air Show. Ground crew of the U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Team waits and directs arriving F-4E aircraft as they taxi to parking spaces on ramp, at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Swalm, Thunderbird leader leaves F-4E and greets other Thunderbird pilots, who run to join him on the tarmac. Thunderbird ground crewmen make post flight inspections.
The United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Air Force pilot wearing orange scarf, climbs ladder to cockpit of an F-105D aircraft, followed by the crew chief, who stands on upper part of the ladder. View of pilot doing preflight check of switches in the cockpit. Closeup of him donning his helmet and oxygen mask. A shoulder patch on his flight suit reads: "Vietnam, 100 Missions F-105." Scene shifts to another pilot doing a walk-around preflight inspection on his aircraft. He climbs ladder to his cockpit. Next scene shows pilots seated in a briefing room. Several converse. Closeup of one pilot with 333rd Fighter Squadron (Lancers) patch on his flight suit. Insignia of the 333rd and 44th fighter squadrons are displayed on the back wall of the briefing room. Closeup from side of seated pilots. One smokes a cigarette. Briefing officer is seen at a podium.
American air to air missile Sparrow III seen in the United States during testing operations. United States F9F Drone aircraft in flight as a Sparrow III strikes the plane. Smoke rises and aircraft descends. Plane plunges downward and falls into the sea. Water splashes as the aircraft strikes the surface.
Film opens showing Al Trace with his orchestra, singing a song entitled, "Let's All Back the Attack." As he sings in the background, scenes of American military operations in the Pacific theater are shown. U.S. troops jump from Landing craft during an amphibious assault in the Pacific during World War II. Troops leave the USS LCI(L)-343 (Landing Craft Infantry, Large) via side ramps during an amphibious landing. U.S. Marines carrying a wounded Marine on a stretcher during Battle of Tarawa. American Marines hunkered down next to a landing vehicle tracked (LVT). They attend to wounded on the sand and carry some out toward landing craft for evacuation. View from flight deck of a U.S. aircraft under attack by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft. Black flak clouds near a low-flying Japanese plane. Sailor ducking as he runs across the flight deck. Deck crews scrambling on the flight deck as a Japanese Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" passes dangerously close and its wing falls off. Glimpse of a Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter on the carrier flight deck. Glimpse of the ship's antiaircraft guns. The Zero crashes in the water with a huge explosion. Scene shifts back to Al Trace and orchestra continuing their song. Closing scene exhorts audience to buy an extra war bond today.
Dramatization shows fleet of United States Navy ships underway. Douglas F4D Skyray take off from aircraft carrier. The USS Hammerberg (DE-1015) seen underway. U.S. Navy ships firing missiles. A polaris submarine. A missile being fired from a submerged Polaris submarine. Depth charges exploding behind an American destroyer. U.S. Marines board helicopters on ship deck. Helicopter lands on open field and Marines exit combat ready. A flight of Marine F-86 aircraft attack target during Korean war. Marines in amphibious assault on a beach. U.S. Marine tanks and infantry in action.
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