U.S. soldiers of Japanese ancestry, in the 442nd Infantry Regiment, 34th Division, are seen in a wooded area of Italy, during World War 2. A patrol party receives instructions. Staged for the camera, the Soldiers scout through the woods in search of enemy snipers near Pisa. Soldiers on the alert. Soldiers aim their rifles, run through woods, take cover, and get up and advance.
Exteriors of a U.S. 3rd Battalion, 442nd Infantry, 34th Division aid station in Italy, during World War 2. Third Battalion medics leave the aid station. (Soldiers of the 442nd Infantry Regiment were mostly Americans of Japanese ancestry.) Group of are seated on the ground in front of the aid station. Closeups of some of the medics.
U.S. corpsmen at 3rd Battalion Aid station attend to a wounded soldier of the 34th Infantry Division's 442nd Regimental Combat Team (comprising U.S. soldiers of Japanese ancestry) in the Italian Rome-Arno Campaign during World War 2. They carry him from a jeep into a field hospital, where they check an information tag on his uniform. View of his bandaged left foot. Medics attend another wounded solder and bandage his wrist before moving him on his stretcher into the building. Two corpsmen lift a wounded soldier, in sitting position, into a field ambulance, which then drives away. (Note: the opening slate refers to Lt. Frank Morang, 196th Signal Photo Company, who reportedly received a field commission for his outstanding work in the North African, Sicilian and Italian Campaigns.)
Wounded U.S. soldiers being treated during Italian campaign of World War 2. Ambulance arrives at a field hospital of the U.S. 3rd Battalion, 442nd Infantry, 34th Division. (Soldiers of the U.S. 442nd Regiment were almost entirely Americans of Japanese ancestry.) Ambulance stops in front of a hospital tent. Injured soldier on litter is removed from the ambulance. An army nurse prepares dressing for a wounded soldier. He lights a cigarette. Surgery performed inside the hospital tent. Wounded men on litters removed from ambulance and carried into tent. (Note: Opening slate showing the name, "Morang,." refers to Lt. Frank Morang, 196th Signal Photo Co.)
American soldiers of 442nd Infantry 34th Division recover from wounds and seated outside a hospital tent in Italy. (Members of the 442nd Regiment were mostly Americans of Japanese ancestry.) A man enters the scene and hands them newspapers to read. The convalescents talk, smile and read newspapers. They read the 'Pacific Citizen'. Soldiers read 'Yank' magazine.
Scenes of American life, with narrator describing values of American people. American people gather outside a church. Signs outside many different places of worship in the United States. Americans voting in an election; patronizing a food market and a drug store; bathtub gin being made during prohibition; countless of bottles of liquor; Congress repealing prohibition; stock market ticker tape machine falling to floor; Derrick moving bucket of concrete for construction; outlines of future highways; modern apartment buildings; people emerging from subway station; pedestrians filling city streets; Americans worshiping inside various churches; An American town; Cars on a crowded road; a crowded beach. Sequence closes with, newer, brief images of fallen soldiers in Pacific theater of World War II.
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