Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services (WAVES) celebrate their 3rd anniversary on board a ship in Okinawa, Japan. A cake with Happy Birthday WAVES icing on it. Sailors sing on a stage as orchestra plays in the background. A male and a female Navy officer arrive and take their seat on the stage. A child garlands two WAVES officers. Male Naval officer makes a speech followed by others.
A group of United States marines, some of them injured. Marine Private Albert Smith narrates experiences about Gaudal canal campaign. He explains the exchange of fires between Japan and Allied troops. (World War II period).
United States B-17 and B-24 bombers loaded with bombs to be dropped over Japanese position in Aleutian Island during World War II. Planes take off and drop bombs over Japanese position and return after the air strike.
United States unmanned spy plane manufactured at a plant. Parachute attached to the plane. Plane tested as it takes off. A soldier fires machine gun at it and plane descends as a parachute opens. (World War II period).
Lend lease activities at American outposts in Iran. Traces routes of American shipments from United States to Iran. Cargo unloaded from ships at ports in Basra, Iraq and Khoremshar, Iran. Exterior views of U.S. military base building complex in Iran. Group of local civilians crouched and breaking a pile of rocks into smaller pieces. Aerial view of harbor area. Dock-side view of ships harbor offloading supplies. Boxes including a food box labeled "Pork Luncheon Meat" from the American company Armour and Company, and many others are unloaded and stacked at port by African American personnel. Line of African American soldiers or sailors on dock receiving food in a chow line. Railroad engines and train cars being unloaded at port. A Soviet military officer walks with a checklist and checks the shipments. Massive piles of supplies including food, tires, trucks received from America. Soviet officer reviewing supplies with an American officer.
World War II Lend-Lease activities to Russia via American outposts in Iran and Iraq. Traces routes of American shipments from Basra to other positions in Middle East. A convoy of trucks takes war material under lend lease activities from Basra. An officer checks the papers of the shipment. Freight trains carry shipment. A map traces route of war material shipment from Basra to Tehran. Workers at General Motors assembly plant in Khoremshar, Iran.
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