The “Hiroshima Maidens”, a group of 25 Japanese women who were school age girls when they were seriously disfigured from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (victims are known as Hibakusha in Japan), depart San Francisco International Airport after receiving plastic surgery treatment in the United States. The Hiroshima Maidens boarding a passenger plane bound for Japan at San Francisco International Airport (San Francisco, CA 94128, United States). Japanese Americans wave at departing Hiroshima Maidens from Gates 32 and 33. Hiroshima Maidens waving at people from the tarmac. A Japanese woman waving. Hiroshima Maidens board a Pan American Airways (PAA) DC-7 “Clipper Fortuna” (N742PA) plane bound for Japan. The girls embark on the aircraft with their baggage.
United States Marines in the Arctic region for cold weather survival training. A tent with snow covered equipment lying beside its entrance. A ship moves in snow covered water in the Arctic region. United States Marines seated on a sledge or sled being pulled by a vehicle. Men skiing down a slope. The Marines place sandbags. Cars moving on a road in the background.
U.S. forces battle against the Japanese on Saipan island, Mariana Islands during World War II. United States Marines get their ammunition ready and fire at Japanese positions resulting in fire and explosions. Dead Japanese inside a hut. United States soldiers raise the American flag. The soldiers salute the flag. Captured Japanese soldiers being taken in custody. They walk in a line on a dirt road. A fleet of aircraft in flight.
Military tanks in action in Montmartre, Paris, France during liberation of Paris in World War II. United States Army tanks of 7th Army Division, 87th Reconnaissance Battalion move across a field in Montmartre. The military tanks carry United States soldiers as they move across the field. The tanks halt at a place. The tanks fire.
United States soldiers in Chateau-Thierry, France during World War II. United States soldiers stand near a board which reads ' Chateau-Hierry'. A horse driven cart under a tree in a distance. The soldiers enter the town. Children play near a military tank. A soldier washes his hands and a girl stands nearby and watches him. The soldiers walk through streets. A crowd watches the passing soldiers. A soldier points his hand as he stands in a balcony.
The 25th Anniversary of the Air Mail Service in the United States. Past events from year 1918 show the inauguration of air mail in the United States. A man holds an envelope to be delivered by air. President Woodrow Wilson talks to a pilot. Scene changes to 1943 in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington DC, on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Air Mail Service. A U.S. Army Sikorsky R-4 helicopter lands outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. The pilot speaks to the helicopter designer, Igor Sikorsky, and receive a special package of mail. The helicopter is seen landing in Arlington Virginia at recently opened Washington National Airport, to deliver the package to a waiting aircraft. Crowd of people gathered outside at Washington National Airport terminal building to watch the helicopter landing. Mail being loaded aboard an air mail aircraft. The helicopter takes off.
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