Citizens Military Training Camp in Plattsburg, New York. Troops of soldiers march on parade grounds. Soldiers carry flags. Mule-drawn carts in procession. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Jr., (son of President Theodore Roosevelt) salutes the troops. Line of soldiers firing rifles and machine guns at their targets. Band of musicians play as two soldiers do a dance similar to what was later called the charleston. Other soldiers watch them and enjoy. Soldiers eat ice cream cones, joke around with each other and smile.
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.
Japanese Americans lower the United States flag at Poston War Relocation Center (internment camp) in Arizona, during World War II. They fold the flag carefully. Armored vehicles during a military parade consist of Japanese soldiers. Nisei (second generation Japanese American) soldiers train at military base for combat operations. Soldiers practice obstacle passing in swamps and in bog.
'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).
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