Citizens Military Training Camp in East Lynn, Massachusetts. Maneuvers of a frontier held for State governors and executives. Enemy aircrafts attack during the maneuvers. Anti-aircraft gun mounted on a jeep fires following the course of enemy planes. Fighter planes in air. Single old type of tank moves in battlefield and fires. Regiment of soldiers march on Parade ground, as military officials and governors stand on reviewing stands.
Citizens Military Training Camp in Camp Knox, Kentucky. Infantry troops, cavaliers and horse drawn artillery on dusty parade grounds. Artillerymen fire cannons on target during practice. Soldiers dive in a lake from a wooden diving board. They clean mess kits and eat watermelon at the camp.
The Selective Service System (SSS) in United States, its functioning and effects. A U.S. Army officer instructs military aspirants outside an office. Men inside the office take written and physical ability test. A successful candidate receives a notice of selection in army. He talks to his girlfriend on telephone. He bids goodbye to his parents and neighbors. Men sworn in for the army. Bus carries them to a army training camp. A cemetery of United States soldiers, statue of soldiers raising flag at Iwo Jima.
'Go for Broke' shows the Japanese-American recruits of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team under training at Camp Shelby in Mississippi. Recruits carry rifles while marching. The recruits do jumping jacks and calisthenic exercises under direction from a trainer. A Japanese-American guard stands in front of the sign, 'Headquarters Company 442nd Infantry Combat Team.' Recruits learn to use rifle with fixed bayonets. They practice throwing hand grenades and protect themselves wearing gas masks. Soldiers practice loading and firing a 37mm artillery gun. (World War II period).
Oahu Railway and Land Company locomotive No. 76 departs Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard with commuter train for Honolulu. Passenger cars with freight doors had been previously converted to "can cars" by the OR&L and returned to passenger service after the Dec. 7th 1941 attack. Style of blackout headlight indicates 1942. Cars and trucks on road stop near a railway crossing. Men pass the crossing. Palm leaves near a sea shore. (World War II period).
Puerto Rican soldiers being taught English as a part of their indoctrination course at a military camp in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican soldiers train in real battle conditions to take their position in ranks of Americas fighting men in Korea. Soldiers practice firing with machine guns as bullets whistle over their heads. The newest military unit prepares to serve United Nations.
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