United States President Franklin D Roosevelt is administered the oath of office by the Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes The President's son, James Roosevelt, assists him when he walks. President Roosevelt delivers an inaugural speech. Soldiers, sailors and cavalry units march down the Pennsylvania Avenue on the Inauguration Day. A large crowd gathers along road side to watch the soldiers in action.
Events relate to the barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. Two American marines move on a road. Soldiers drive a jeep. Soldiers stack up sand bags. Soldiers plant barbed wire fence. View of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) camp site. Guard at the entrance approaches an army jeep and checks the ID cards of the soldiers aboard. Board at the camp entrance reads, '43 Battalion Lebanese Army-24 Marine Amphibious Unit'. A sandbagged barricade. Soldiers stand near barbed wire fence. Troops leave the area. Exteriors of the camp site.
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) students engage in a sham battle at Georgetown University in Washington DC, United States. Infantry units advance behind tanks. A tank moves forward. Soldiers fire rifles and advance. Some of the soldiers seated near an artillery piece. A building in the background. A tank advances. An officer instructs a soldier to fire a gun. Soldiers lying in prone position fire rifles.
A show by the United Service Organization (USO) in Uijongbu, South Korea. United States soldiers seated on the ground watching the show, including a few African American soldiers. A jazz band performs. The name 'Herbie' is seen on the drum set. A woman tap dances in front of the soldiers. The soldiers take photographs. Other African American performers are seen.
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on uneven terrain of Okinawa. Smoke rises up due to firing. The troops organize the civilians of the island. Refugees clog a road. Destructed bridges on the island. Jeeps and tanks advance. Amphitracks and jeeps cross a stream. Bulldozers repair a road. (World War II period).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on the islands. Japanese aircraft in flight over the island. They bomb the island. U.S. Marines in open fields. U.S. Tanks on field. Firing and explosion. Smoke rises up. U.S. Marines fire artillery. The wounded soldiers are evacuated safely. U.S. Troops carry the wounded soldiers on stretchers. (World War II period).
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