Wounded U.S. soldiers in Cape Gloucester on island of New Britain during Pacific Campaign of World War II. A surgeon sterilizes hands and arms. The interiors of tent showing masked surgeons operating a patient. Dead bodies of soldiers lying on ground, one man's back and another's head are completely shot away. A wounded soldier is treated for eye injury and another soldier for removal of sharpnel from arm. A wounded Japanese-American soldier smokes cigarette.
Evacuation of wounded U.S. soldiers in Cape Gloucester on island of New Britain during Pacific Campaign of World War II. A sign reads 'Shore Party, Evacuation Hospital'. Wounded soldiers are carried on litters to a landing craft. The ramp of the landing craft is closed.
Funeral services for dead U.S. soldiers in Cape Gloucester on island of New Britain during Pacific Campaign of World War II. Corpse of an American soldier lying in grave. A chaplain and soldiers gather for a prayer. American soldiers give 3-volley rifle salute. Soldiers in front of the line of corpses lying. A shovel used to drop dirt in the grave.
U.S. Task Force no. 38 ships head for Leyte, Philippines during World War II. Aerial view of Philippines Islands. USS Massachusetts (BB-59) underway. Smoking F6F Hellcat lands on flight deck of carrier.
Reconstruction showing a Japanese Admiral at headquarters on a Pacific Island during World War II. A Japanese four star Admiral and Staff Officer in headquarters listen to war results on radio. Admiral hears of kamikaze suicide of 43 Japanese aircraft, he stands up and bows to shrine.
Film starts with view of the U.S. military headquarters Pentagon building in Virginia, as seen from Columbia Island, across the lagoon, in World War 2.. Closeup of the building. Inside, Lieutenant General Brehon Burke Somervell , Commander of the Army Service Forces (ASF) is seen presiding over a staff meeting that includes seven Major Generals, who head the ASF technical services. Flag of the Quartermaster Corps seen in closeup. Officers of that organization are seen meeting. Scene shifts to a warehouse where military supplies are being moved on trailers pulled by small tractors. Carts filled with equipment are seen. Men prepare some for transport to America's allies overseas. Men fill packages with articles of clothing. A sign reads: "Maj. Gen. Reybold, Chief of Engineers." Engineers officers at a conference table rise as their Commander, General Reybold, enters. He sits and they begin their meeting. Closeup of staff officers in the meeting. Officers walk through a section of the Army Map Service, where cartographers, draftsmen and others are busy at tables creating maps. One of them is seen fitting several aerial photographs together to form a detailed map. A cartographer at the mapping service is seen annotating a map of the Marseille area of France. Views of high speed offset presses printing large scale maps for the military. A sign identifies the office of the Chief of Ordnance. Staff officers of that office are seen at work. Closeup of small arms being placed in a shipping box. An open yard filled with M24 Chaffee light tanks. A vast yard at a railroad siding, containing countless tanks on one side and building materials on the other. Sign inside the Pentagon at office of Major General H.C. Ingles, Chief Signal Officer. Closeup of General Ingles at his desk. Members of his staff consult with him. Sign at office of the Chief, Chemical Warfare Service. Major General William N. Porter, the Chief, looks over maps with several staff. Troops training under gas attack and smoke screen conditions. The entrance to the office of the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army. Inside, Major General Norman Thomas Kirk , Surgeon General, confers with a Colonel. Maps of areas where disease poses a threat to U.S. military forces. Office of Major General C.P. Gross, Army Chief of Transportation. Inside He holds a meeting with members of his staff. View of a pier where military supplies are being offloaded by means of derricks.
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