USS Shangri La (CV-38) returns to the United States. A U.S. Navy Blimp flies above the USS Shangri-La. Decorative string of balloons above ship. U.S. aircraft on flight deck. U.S. Navy blimp flies with welcome sign above the USS Shangri La (CV-38). 'USS Shangri La' written on the ship. Workers aboard ship. Tugboat alongside the ship. A crowd at the pier welcomes ships and personnel.
USS Shangri La (CV-38) and USS Hancock return to port in the United States after World War 2. A girl waves towards ships (USS Shangri La (CV-38) and USS Hancock (CV-19)). Crowds of friends and family standing at pier in the background to welcome the troops. Large crowds of U.S. Navy personnel and sailors. Troops carry their luggage and disembark the USS Shangri La (CV-38). They load their luggage on to truck. Crowds standing at pier.
United States Air Force on review over third fleet in the Pacific Ocean. Large formation of airplanes passes over USS Missouri (BB-63) and an APD (ship) underway. Many men on flight deck of USS Shangri-LA watch huge armada of airplanes passing in air. Huge armada of carrier-borne aircraft, passing on parade. Men on deck of ship play with medicine ball.
Views from a boat circling around the American troop transport ship, USS Mount Vernon (AP-22) while she is underway carrying troops of the American 9th Armored Division back home from Germany following World War 2. The opening scene shows the Mount Vernon from her forward port side as she passes. Series of portside closeups as the ship passes. Next she is viewed from starboard. The Mount Vernon is filled with troops returning home who can be seen along her top decks.
The U.S. troopship, USS Mount Vernon (APA-22) is seen underway as viewed portside from another boat. Film stops momentarily and resumes showing a different troopship, the USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) in a harbor. Camera pans across her deck, from a small boat below. Sailors and soldiers line her railings. Several banners on her upper deck identify units aboard. Most notable is a large one for the U.S. 10th Armored Division, showing their Division patch and the slogan "Terrify and Destroy." View of people waiting on the receiving pier, which is decked out in stars, bars, and flags, plus a sign reading "welcome Home, Well Done."
The troopship USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) is seen being guided by tugboats as she makes her way to the pier, while carrying U.S. troops back home from Europe at end of World War 2. View of the upper deck jammed with soldiers, waving happily. A large banner is displayed showing Division patch of the Tenth Armored "Tiger" Division and the key places they operated in Germany as the first im General Patton's Third Army in Germany, during the war. More views of soldiers waving. Many stand in the ship's lifeboats. Troops carrying their gear in dufflebags as they disembark from the ship. Friends and relatives standing behind a fence waiting to greet the returning soldiers.
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