'Letter from Buna'. A U.S. Army soldier writes a letter during World War II, while seated under a tarp in rain in a jungle area. U.S. Army and Army troops from Australia on the Buna campaign in New Guinea. Troops assemble at Port Moresby, New Guinea. A corduroy road is constructed in jungles. Supplies dropped from the air. Dense forests in the background. Firing on Japanese from beach positions during Battle of Buna-Gona. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers on beach and in trench positions that were overrun by allies. Thin and emaciated Japanese POWs (Prisoners Of War) sit on the ground. Native people carry injured men on stretchers to native huts. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur seen speaking with Australian General Thomas Blamey.
U.S. citizens of Chinese descent stand in lines. They register to build Liberty ships. They work in a California shipyard. Chinese food cooked. Workers eat traditional Chinese food.
Swedish track star Gunder Hagg watches a professional baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. He takes pictures of the game with a camera. A huge crowd of spectators gathered to watch the game. Gunder Hagg with young American boys viewing the Minute Man sculpture in Concord. The track athlete sets new record for running mile at Harvard University stadium. Spectators cheer him.
United States 7th Army troops advance through Sicilian villages. 7th Army troops on streets. Houses in the background. Wounded U.S. soldiers loaded on planes for evacuation. Aircrafts in flight. (World War II period).
Allied aircraft parked at North African airbases. The British and American crews study charts and maps of Rome and mark bombing locations. Pilots and navigators board the planes. Bomber aircraft in flight. Railroad yards in Rome bombed with pinpoint precision by Allied bomber planes in broad daylight. Targets included the San Lorenzo freight yard and steel factory, the "Scalo del Littorio" on the north side of Rome, and the Ciampino airport.
United States President Franklin Roosevelt sits in a room. He speaks of Fascist decline in Italy during World War 2, saying "the first cracks in the Axis has come." He stresses that the U.S. terms to Mussolini in Italy are still unconditional surrender. President wears a bow tie during his speech.
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