Wreckage on Tarawa in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Wreckage along the side of an airstrip. A damaged Japanese aircraft. Insignia on the Japanese aircraft. The damaged motor of the aircraft. Trucks and U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat aircraft parked on the runway of the airstrip. Airplanes parked along the side of the runway.
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.
United States Task Force underway in the Pacific Theater. F6F aircraft parked on flight deck with sun setting in the background. United States sailors walk around on the deck. Two sailors wearing helmets watch the sunset.
General Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, makes his first inspection of Allied forces in West Germany. General Dwight D Eisenhower waves, seated inside an army jeep. He inspects the British Army of the Rhine. He observes amphibious maneuvers of French forces and Allied infantry, artillery and tank units. General Eisenhower inspects a U.S. F-84E jet fighter, accompanied by his Air Deputy, General Lauris Norstad. A large formation of F-84 jet aircraft flies overhead.
U.S. warships underway during storm in the Pacific Ocean in World War II. Aircraft carrier with numerous F4F aircraft lashed down on deck during the storm. Crew members can be seen on the flight deck among the airplanes.
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