United States troops push a 37mm anti tank gun up a snow covered slope in Aleutian Island, Alaska during World War II.
Scenes in Houston Texas as 1000 Houston Volunteers enlist in the military in World War 2 to avenge the loss of the USS Houston (CA-30) to the Japanese. They attend a swearing in ceremony in front of the marquee of the Loews State theater. Scene change to Newport News, Virginia as people gather for the launching of the new U.S. Navy cruiser ship USS Houston (CL-81). New cruiser launched at a colorful ceremony. Dignitaries on stand include the sponsor, Mrs. C. B. Hamill, who is seen hitting a bottle of champagne against the ship hull, and then it slides down the ways at launching.
United States B -17 bombers drop bombs over Japanese positions and General Douglas MacArthur returns to Philippines. Allied troops engage in jungle warfare. They walk across marshy and muddy areas. Naval battle against the Japanese. A Japanese plane shot down by Allies. Admiral Charles Nimitz, Admiral Thomas KinKaid and Admiral Hasley. (World War II period).
'U.S. Speeds war aid to China by way of base in India '. A large war equipment box from the United States unloads in India during World War II. Indian workers push a large box on a cart. Railroad cars load with tanks. Camel carts carry war supply boxes along a road. Mechanics work on a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport plane in a hangar. Supplies from a truck loaded onto C-47. Chinese pilot in cockpit of C-47 as he pulls over canopy.
'Naval operations off Okinawa '. Japanese ships underway in the sea, off the coast of Okinawa in Japan. A Japanese plane shot down by American carrier aircraft. It also strafes a Japanese ship. Japanese planes attack American ships and shot. Fire on United States Navy cruiser Bunker Hill fought by men. Seamen rescued as they climb onto a ship. A fighter's belly tank drops on a carrier while landing and causes fire. (World War II period).
United States transport ships anchored at a bay with snow covered mountains in the background, Aleutian Island, Alaska. Brigadier General Joseph Ready, Major General Charles H Corlett of Amphibious Task Force 9, Brigadier General James W Barnett, Colonel Roy V. Richard of 87th Mountain Infantry on board a ship as they look shore wards through a pair of binoculars. Landing crafts move away from ships to the shoreline. Troops disembark from the craft and land onto the shore. (World War II period).
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