A film titled 'What If They Quit' dramatizes promotion of war bonds in the United States during World War II. A man carries a box walks out of a building. He tries to convince a man named Joe who thinks that he cannot afford to buy war bonds anymore. Workers work in factories and on an assembly line contributing to war effort. A U.S. Task Force underway at sea. U.S. Marines hitting Pacific island beaches. Naval bombardment on sea waters. U.S. WACs (Women's Army Corps) parade in formation. U.S. troops advance on a beach under heavy fire. The man on the street convinces Joe to buy war bonds and says that if American troops can afford to fight then American citizens can also afford to buy bonds.
United States amphibious and support ships engaged in pre-invasion maneuvers, off England, during World War II. Aerial view of numerous ships with war materiel. Ships heading for a coast. Landing craft head for a beach.
U.S. Army Air Forces Chief, General Henry H. (Hap) Arnold, steps from his car and walks up the steps of the Pentagon, in Washington, DC, the United States during World War II. Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General George Marshall arrives separately and enters, carrying a briefcase. Cameramen photograph them entering the Pentagon Building.
Allied forces win Myitkyina airstrip in Myitkyina, Burma during World War II. A map of Burma highlights Myitkyina. Transport airplanes tow gliders over Myitkyina. An aerial view of Myitkyina airstrip. Gliders land on a field and U.S. and Chinese troops disembark. U.S. Army General Joseph Stilwell talks with U.S. Army General Frank Merrill on a field. A wrecked U.S. airplane on the field. A Japanese fighter overhead. U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Seagrave operates on a wounded soldier in a field hospital.
U.S. service women sightsee in Cairo, Egypt during World War II. WACs (Women's Army Corps) sightsee. A sign reads 'Cairo City Police Station'. WACs sightsee the Sphinx of Giza and pyramids. WACs on camels.
Final stages of the Battle of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. carrier-based airplanes land at and are refueled at a captured airfield renamed as Conroy Airfield. Bombers and fighters take off to bomb Japanese positions on the northern tip of Saipan. Smoke billows up from a Japanese ammunition dump by U.S. bombings. U.S. Marine Commander Carlson confers with an officer. Marines and tanks advance. Mortars are fired at Japanese pillboxes and caves on a hill. Smoke billows up from the hillside. The marines continue advancing. Animated map connects Saipan with Tokyo and the Philippines. The marines after the capture of Saipan.
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