A military film report on the advance of members of U.S. Army 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders towards Myitkyina, Burma and its capture during World War II. Burmese nurses treat wounded members of Merrill's Marauders. U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel (Dr.) Gordon Seagrave operates on a patient at a field hospital. Japanese prisoners of war (POW) are being questioned by U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Detachment 101 trained personnel who are Japanese-Americans. Japanese prisoners eat.
Nationalist Chinese troops pass on Bhamo-Namhkan Road, Burma during World War II. Pack mule train of Chinese 30th Division passes over steepest part of the road on their way from Bhamo (Banmaw, Myanmar) to Namkhan. Chinese engineers work on a blown-out bridge.
Training of United States soldiers in Europe. The soldiers practice underwater diving in a swimming pool. They wear oxygen masks for practicing underwater diving. They practice and remain underwater for some time which would help them in times of crisis.
Training of United States soldiers in Europe. An officer briefs the soldiers about first aid and emergency medical treatment. Diagrams of human skeleton on a board in the background. Officers demonstrate first aid procedure on a soldier lying on a stretcher. The soldiers seated on chairs watch them. Paratroopers watch the procedure of packing parachutes. They learn the working of parachutes and repack the parachutes.
U.S. Airborne forces in World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft, painted in invasion stripes, take off as darkness falls, on June 5, 1944 (night before D-Day) and assemble in large formation headed toward France. Airborne troops seated inside cabin of a C-47. Some smoke cigarettes. One has "Rocky" stenciled on his helmet. One smokes a cigar. An officer stands in doorway of plane and then jumps, followed by his "stick" of troopers. View from ground of parachutes filling the sky overhead. Momentary view of troopers on the ground in Normandy. German troops, taken prisoners of war, marching in a town under guard, with their hands on their heads. Scene changes to post war training of U.S. Army airborne troops. They are seen practicing how to hit the ground. They practice use of static lines in wooden mockups of aircraft; and jump from towers, and engage in actual airborne exercises, at Fort Benning, Georgia. View of war materiel being airdropped from rear of an aircraft. Special parachutes being used to drop jeeps and artillery pieces.
United States soldiers on 'Mission Montagnard' in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The soldiers train young montagnards. Houses in the area. Men practice rifle shooting in the area. Smoke from firing in the foreground. They throw hand grenades hiding behind barricades. A soldier stands and instructs them. The men practice and hit a target board.
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