General Carl Spaatz in Tinian, Mariana Island during World War 2. General Barney M. Giles, General Nathan Twining talk to General John Davies, Commanding General of 313th Bombardment Wing near a jeep at an airfield. Rear of an aircraft in the background. Officers get into a jeep. General approach the headquarters of the 313th Bombardment Wing. A U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 aircraft with a sign on the fuselage that reads ' Goin Jessie ' General Carl Spaatz pins up a Legion of Merit award onto Sergeant Klabo.
A U.S. C-54 transport aircraft approaching Honolulu to land, with faint rainbow visible behind it. The aircraft lands and taxis in with outboard engines shut down, to the Military Air Transport Terminal on the airfield. An anchor and four stars on field of blue are displayed below the pilot's window. The aircraft parks and sailors quickly form an honor guard as the cabin door opens. Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal, wearing a tropical pith helmet, steps from the airplane and is greeted by Rear Admiral John Towers and other officers. Secretary Forrestal is accompanied by Admiral Towers across the tarmac to a waiting car. He stops briefly to converse with Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, before he and Admiral Towers enter the car.
United States invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Gun emplacement on Workman island. A Field howitzer being fired from the gun pit. A Marine fuses a howitzer shell. Gun being fired and smoke rises. A field pack of Sargent John Basilone being examined by two Marines. A Marine examines clothes of Corporal Anthony Cirello. Shells burst and smoke rises.
Boy and girl students learn various skills in the United States. A 1920's film clip imagines a future where women may be out of the home and men stay home to cook. Slate reads, "When the future wife leaves for the afternoon, she will say to hubby, Now, John, you have dinner all ready by the time I get home." Boys are seen at a domestic cooking class. The boys are wearing chef hats. A boy makes a pie crust and puts it in a pan. The boy fills the crust with apples, adds a top crust, and trims and crimps the crust expertly. Boys are shown eating the apple pies they have made. Girls work at a machine that automatically forms pie crusts. They feed flattened squares of pie crust into the pie crust making machine. A different group of girls in a cooking class prepare a pudding. A family at a dinner table eat the pudding.
General Curtis LeMay being sworn in as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force at the White House in Washington DC, United States. The White House in Washington DC. Air Force Secretary Eugene M Zuckert administers the oath of office to General LeMay at the White House portico. President John F Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon Johnson, Senator Dennis Chavez and Stuart Symington, General Thomas D White, General Lyman Lemnitzer and General Nathan F Twining in the background. President Kennedy, Secretary Eugene and General LeMay carrying bibles as they step down to the porch of the White House. Secretary Eugene Zuckert swears in General LeMay as the Chief of Staff of the USAF as he speaks into a microphone. After the swearing in President Kennedy speaks at the microphone. The President reads out a citation over the microphone. The citation being presented to General LeMay. General LeMay speaks into the microphone. Vice President Johnson, Senator Dennis Chavez and Stuart Symington, General Thomas D. White congratulate General LeMay. General LeMay being kissed by his wife and shakes hands with General Nathan Twining and General Lyman Lemnitzer.
U.S. President John F Kennedy at an air show in Florida,United States. President Kennedy arrives at the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. President with the Chief of Staff of United States Air Force General Curtis LeMay. Vice President Lyndon B Johnson seated. Aircraft (F-100's) in formation flight as they drop bombs. Explosions occur and smoke rises. Mass mid air refueling being demonstrated by F-100s getting fuel from KB-50 tanker aircraft. President Kennedy and General LeMay look on. An F-101 aircraft hits a drone plane with air to air missiles. (Narrator mistakenly calls them F-102s.) F-100 aircraft drop Napalm bombs. The bombs flip end over end during descent and explosions are seen as they impact.
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