Actor Jack Webb speaks from an office decorated with American and U.S. Marine Corps flags and other Marine symbols. With his hand on a world globe, he speaks of America's treaties and agreements with other nations in the world and the importance of the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps in supporting world peace efforts. Scene shifts to Marines on parade heading straight toward and to either side of the camera. More views from various places, of the marching marines. Next, various radar antennas are seen rotating, some on land and some on ships at sea. Two sailors are seen plotting positions of detected things with white grease pencils on a large plexiglass display. A sailor in a communications center hands a report to a Marine standing nearby. The next scene shows the Marine delivering the message to an officer in a command and control center, staffed with Navy and Marine Corps personnel. A Navy Commander stands in front of a large wall map covering the Indian Ocean and bordering land masses. He uses a pointer while briefing an audience of very high ranking officers about places in Southeast Asia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Seated in the front row are Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup. Beside him is Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. They both confer and decide that U.S. Marines should be deployed in this situation. Admiral Anderson questions the briefing officer.
The Committee for a Free Asia in San Francisco, California. Men stand near a banner. The banner reads: 'Committee for a free Asia'. Other banner in a building reads: 'Seeds for democracy'. Women stand near a table. Mails on the table. The committee receives huge contributions from all parts of the country. They are being shipped to the Philippines.
A convoy to resupply allied troops at Mindoro, Philippines, seen underway, as it comes under attack by Japanese Kamikaze planes, during World War 2. Opening scene shows a burning Japanese warplane trailing smoke as it falls and breaks up before crashing into the sea. Flak clouds seen in the sky from the antiaircraft fire of the U.S. battleship, USS South Dakota (BB-57) seen low on the horizon in the background. Several ships are seen in the convoy. Suddenly a huge explosion occurs as a Japanese kamikaze (unseen) strikes the 14 thousand ton Liberty ship, SS John Burke. She is carrying a cargo of ammunition that explodes, raising a wall of water around the ship and creating a mushroom cloud of smoke that billows high into the sky.
Draftees are trained for army in the United States during World War II. A U.S. officer recruits men for army. Men including farmers, fishermen, clerks and factory workers walk in lines. Men run on ground with wooden guns as they undergo training. Men drive trucks. Men learn to load guns. The draftees are inducted and trained. Men from different United Nations member countries including America, Russia, China, German, Czech Republic, Greece, India, Dutch, Philippines and French get trained and prepared for war.
Filipino soldiers (U.S. Army soldiers of Philippines descent) are trained in California, United States during World War II. Filipino soldiers march in a squad. The soldiers stand in formation. Cars parked in the foreground. The soldiers advance. They learn tactics of modern warfare. Aircraft in flight. The soldiers come out from foxholes and advance. The soldiers move on a grass field. Buildings in the background.
Personnel shop from the Saigon Navy Exchange in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. the Navy Exchange and an officer is opening a door in the background. A group of mixed personnel enter Exchange move. Several personnel at the counter. Vietnamese girls clerk at the counter. U.S. Stephen W. Bjork holds a sekonic light meter, looking it over prior to buy it. Bjork puts the light meter back into box. Philippine Army Captain Igmedio S. Gardcse from Manila look at the goods in Exchange. The Captain look over sweaters and leaves. Lt. Ann S. Thompson of U.S. from Madison and Lt. Ann L. Rudolph of U.S. from Gettysburg look at Christmas cards in Saigon Exchange. Two Army Nurse Officers look at the Christmas cards on a rack. Two officers looking over the cards. Robert L. Dunn from Tullahoma in Tennesse looks over a gift he may send home. A small vase item being looked over by Dunn. He places it back on shelf. A young girl working in the Navy Exchange stamping prices on packages of candy and tossing candy back into another box. A Vietnamese female clerk folding face cloth.
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