A ranch near Kerrville, Texas, United States. A sign reads 'ED C Henke, Ranch'. The Henke family sits and eats in the dining room. The sons of the Texas family are overseas serving in World War 2. Mr Henke and his youngest son work in the ranch. They milk cows. The grandchild, a young boy, helps at the ranch with feeding livestock and collecting eggs from hens. A woman churns butter in the kitchen and women hang clothes on a clothesline to dry. A woman collects wood and brings it inside the kitchen to fuel the stove. View of cattle in a corral. The men ride horses. Mrs Henke works in the kitchen and views a rack of filled canning jars in the pantry. A teenage boy in the family carries a deer buck he has hunted over his shoulder and brings it home as his pet dog follows. A man and his grandson go fishing. The man's horse stands by. The family exit the house to go to church in their sedan car. They talk with the neighbors and the family attends the Church service. Views inside the church during the service. The family enjoys a board game at home in the evening.
United States amphibious invasion and capture of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands during World War II. Supplies for the departure of ships. Goods, war material and vehicles loaded. Supplies loaded manually and by cranes. Boxes of supplies checked. Ships underway. Animation depicts the movement of ships. Aircraft on flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Aircraft takes off and in flight. Ships and carrier planes bombard the island. Explosions and smoke rises up. Kamikaze suicide planes attack ships. 4th Marine Division troops board landing craft. Marines land on the island. Marines and tanks advance on the island. Troops fire artillery. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers. Landing craft beached. Marine troops on the beach.
United States amphibious invasion of small islands in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Men load supplies for Marines. Equipment and trucks loaded. 7th Infantry Division troops on landing crafts. Troops land on island. Landing craft beached. Combat between Japanese troops and U.S. Marines. Wounded soldiers given aid. Several Japanese soldiers surrender. A man holds the forms 'Prisoner of War'. Japanese prisoners on island. Destroyed aircraft, equipment and buildings in view. Wounded soldiers carried on stretchers in landing craft. The wounded lifted in ships. Dead bodies on the island. The U.S. flag.
United States B-25 Mitchell bomber bomb Japanese Bases in New Guinea and New Britain in Pacific Theater. Preparations for the attack at night. B-25 bombers stand in a row. Pilots enter the planes. Planes take off. Aircraft in flight. Pilots seated in the cockpit. Smoke rises up due to explosions. Aerial view of the land. Splashes in water due to explosions. Planes return back after the mission is over. (World War II period).
The United States Fifth Regiment engineers cross a river on 'assault' boats in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The men row the boats. Tanks cross the water over a bridge. Smoke due to explosions by hand grenades. The U.S. Fifth Regiment engineers in wooded area. The men are camouflaged. Men cross the field. The men set the pillboxes afire with well directed shots.
The United States Naval reservists and Marines aboard landing boats at Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. Landing boats underway. A huge crowd at the beach. U.S. aircraft in flight overhead. The sailors seize the bridgehead. Naval landing techniques demonstrated.
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