Girls decide to serve the country by enlisting in the WAC in the United States. In Los Angeles, California girls enlist in the Women's Army Corps (WAC). Their parents greet them as they entrain for Fort Des Moines, Iowa. WAC personnel stand in a pattern to form the word "WAC". The New York skyline. WACs wearing newly designed uniforms. A WAC personnel displays a uniform. The WAC personnel salutes and smiles.
The Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Large crowds, three year-old thoroughbred horses, jockeys and owners gather for the Kentucky Derby. The race starts. Racing horses run on the race course. A woman watches through binoculars. Spectators cheer. Pensive owned by Calumet Farm and jockeyed by Conn N. McCreary wins the derby and receive prize money of $65,200.
U.S. Merchant Marine amphibious vehicles during the invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Equipment roll out of a landing barge. An amphibious DUKW rolls up on a beach. British hospital ship Prague (#61) underway. Men and supplies on the Normandy beach. Allied infantry climb up. The beach in the background. An LCT (Landing Craft Tank) disgorge supplies. A tank is driven away. Soldiers unload supplies. A wind indicator on a masthead. A cargo ship underway in a harbor. Cargo ships at a dock.
The U.S. Coast Guard serves the U.S. Merchant Marine in the United States during World War II. A Coast Guard officer checks identity papers. A sign: 'this side to pay off'. The paymaster's table. Merchant marine personnel being paid.
A U.S. Merchant Marine convoy in the European Theater during World War II. A Liberty ship or cargo ship. The convoy underway at sea. Escorting warships at sea. An officer looks out of a bridge port hole. A submarine surfaces. A sailor peers through glasses. Guns are fired. Officers on the bridge. An oil slick in the sea. A graph shows a decline in merchant ships with time. The convoy in a harbor. Anchors are dropped. Supplies are loaded. An officer looks on. Bombs being loaded. A supply depot. A ship under construction.
Role of Air Service Command in keeping remote air force landing strips supplied in the European Theater during World War II. Air Service Command personnel uncover camouflaged bombs. A truck drives and stops. Personnel load bombs on the trailer of the truck. The truck loaded with bombs drives away. Drums are loaded on a truck. Medical supplies, ammunition, parachutes, food, sugar, potatoes and various crates of supplies to be loaded. A personnel stands guard. A convoy of trucks drives through an open field. A dust cloud rises. A personnel standing beside artillery. The trucks cross a water stream. The personnel moves the position of artillery. The trucks deliver tons of supplies at an airfield. Aircraft parked at the airfield. An aircraft takes off. The aircraft in a formation flight. The convoy of trucks is driven away after delivering the supplies.
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