United States Marine Corps in Senaga Shima, Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A United States Marine Corps interpreter talks to Japanese Prisoner of War. A prisoner reads some documents. Prisoner seated in a field. Some more prisoners brought in a jeep. Marines talk to them. Japanese prisoner of war talks to people inside cave to surrender. A Japanese flame thrower throws flame in a cave. He along with Marines climbs up a hill.
United States Army personel during the invasion of Okinawa, Japan by United States in World War 2. Two Army Signal Corps soldiers work on an mobile antenna on a field mobile communications truck aboard a LST (Landing Ship Tank) underway in the Pacific Ocean. Deck of the LST loaded with deck cargo. African American Army personnel aboard ship being given cigarettes. U.S.C.G. sailor, named McGuire, in dungarees seated on back of an LCVP(Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). Wake made by LCVP with gun shields in the foreground. Soldiers being issued cartons of cigarettes. Bow-on view of LST-674. Starboard view of LST-759. Minesweeper, YMS-478, underway as sailors on the forecastle toss over a line. A movie being transferred to LST from YMS. Men on the forecastle of the minesweeper receive the movie film reels in cases, via over water line transfer.
USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) in South East Asia during Vietnam War. Wash crew of Okinawa, wash and clean aircraft. Maintenance crew work on the aircraft and inspect the working of all systems. SAC crew load bombs on a forklift truck. The forklift truck carry bombs and load onto an equipment. A flat bed trailer truck carries bombs and drives towards the aircraft. An officer speaks on a radio device from check post. Personnel load bomb on Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft. The B-52 takes off.
United States soldiers receive their salary from the U.S. Navy supply officer while sailing to Okinawa during World War 2. Naval Supply Officer sits behind a small desk with a cash box. Naval Supply Officer gives soldiers’ wages in cash as B type military scrip. Soldiers line up to receive their wages. An officer hands out a document (likely a pay slip) to soldiers after receiving their salary. Soldiers watching as the Naval Supply Officer disburse wages in cash. A soldier inspects a 20 “B Yen” note (United States B type military scrip currency in Japan).
The Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II. U.S. Army Service Force (ASF) provides logistical support to fight the enemy. A flag of the United States. A United States Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber flies. Various goods like timber, vehicles being unloaded from a cargo ship with the help of a crane. A ship carries troops. Soldiers disembark from a ship. A soldier carries a guitar.
As film begins, organ music is heard. Camera pans across tops of tents showing sky above. Scene shifts to a Chaplain conducting Sunday services in the open. A soldier plays a field organ as soldiers and airmen participate in the service. Closeup of the Chaplain kneeling before a makeshift altar where objects are placed to facilitate communion in a mass or service. Complete change of scene shows airmen arranging bombs for loading aboard an open truck that then backs up to an airplane, into which they are loaded. Narrator notes that these are all purpose bombs weighing 250, 500, and 1000 lbs, respectively. Closeup of a 1000 lb bomb in foreground marked "GP 1000 lb AN-M44." Airmen arnorers install fins and fuses before loading the bombs aboard the aircraft. An airman loads belts of machine gun ammunition at a gun turret of the airplane. others load guns elsewhere on the aircraft. Closeup of pilots being given final briefing about the mission, before departure. Narrator notes that the mission will involve two flights of B-24s and one of B-17s. Planned altitudes and routes of the bombers are drawn on a map in colors. They are to attack a Japanese installation on Kiska Island. Fighter support is described. A Flight crew assembles near their B-24 Liberator bomber. Closeups of individual crew members waiting on the airfield ramp. Scene shifts to fighter pilots who will be accompanying the bombers. They converse in front of a row of fighter aircraft. They are wearing flotation gear over their flight suits. The area is paved with Marsden matting (pierced steel planking). Closeups of men in the group, including: Lieutenant George I. Rudell, Lieutenant Holy P. Mail, Lieutenant Lial A. Bean, Major Willson Aston, Lieutenant Henry J. Strencops and Colonel Jackson.
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