United States officers, Polish officers and freed slave laborers standing near graves of two U.S. aviators. The officers discussing amongst themselves. The aviators are alleged to have been beaten to death by the Germans. German civilians under guidance of U.S. Grave Registration group. They remove bodies for autopsy purposes. Men carrying the burned body of an aviator on stretcher and place it into ambulance.
The U.S. soldiers of the 8th Armored Division in Wankum, Germany during World War II. M-4, M-24 tank and half tracks moving on the street. The German prisoners and civilians walking on the street. United States soldiers aboard tanks moving on the street. Buildings along the street sides. Two U.S. chaplains and two German chaplains exit from building. The chaplains converse and re enter the building. A tank passing on the street.
USS Skate (SS-305) underway at sea in the United States during World War II. The submarine underway at sea. Bridge of the submarine as officers fire signal flares. The submarine arrives alongside a dock beside other submarines at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Conning tower of the submarine. It arrives at the port. The sailors stand at attention aboard the submarine.
Japanese prisoners in the Pacific Theater under guard of U.S. Navy. Blindfolded Japanese prisoner being led over brow onto the dock. Line of submarines moored at dock and mountains in the background. The blind folded Japanese prisoners come up the brow over the dock. American flag flies atop a flag pole on the captured submarine. Japanese trophy flags in the background. U.S. sailors aboard the Japanese submarine at the dock. A man blindfolds the Japanese prisoners. The prisoners come out of the manhole on Japanese submarine. A United States Navy sailor seated on a high point of the submarine examines a stack of mail. He opens a letter and reads it. (World War II period).
U.S. submarine underway in the Pacific Ocean. Sailors and officers aboard the submarine watching the enemy actions through binoculars. United States flag and small Japanese flags flying atop the conning tower. A life boat along the side of submarine. Officers looking through binoculars and discussing amongst themselves. A man sending blinker signals. A sailor coming out of hole on the deck of the submarine. Officers talking amongst themselves. (World War II period).
United States Navy Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, aboard the USS Bowfin (SS-287) in Apra Harbor, Guam, during World War 2. He is there to decorate the Captain and crew of the boat. Admiral Nimitz is seen at a microphone, addressing officers and sailors. Cameramen taking the photographs of the event. Navy band playing in the background. Admiral Nimitz presents the Navy Cross to Commander Alexander Kelly Tyree, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Bowfin (SS-287), on the Seventh War Patrol of that submarine during the period 25 January 1945 to 25 March 1945. Admiral Nimitz then proceeds to decorate more officers and sailors from the crew. Nimitz returns to the microphone, reads a citation, and decorates several more crew members. He and other officers hold long hand salutes as the ceremony is concluding. Admiral Nimitz then announces the end of the ceremony and walks away. Camera focuses on a sailor with medal pinned on his shirt.
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