U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers train Burmese recruits in Burma during World War II. Burmese recruits assemble outside a thatched hut in the jungle. They perform strengthening exercises. A Burmese instructor trains the students in handling and firing of rifles. A student runs up a hill to place the practice target in position. Students in prone positions take aim and fire at the targets. Each student takes his turn. Burmese recruits lined up outside a thatched hut. An American instructor demonstrates the grenade throwing action. The students observe and follow the instructions.
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers train Burmese recruits in Burma during World War II. Students learn to send and receive Morse code messages. American and Burmese officers train the students. The instructors and students in a field. They remove the equipment from bags and lay it out on the ground. Students set up the equipment and cables. One student uses headphones at a radio transmitter. They make adjustments to the equipment and set up the antenna. An American instructor guides and helps the students. Students operate telegraphs and write down the decoded massage. Students take turn to operate the telegraph. The instructor supervises and check the students' messages. A Burmese instructor demonstrates and helps students set up the equipment.
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers train Burmese recruits in Burma during World War II. Burmese students learn to disassemble and reassemble weapons. A Burmese instructor with the students around a table. A disassembled gun on the table. The instructor demonstrates reassembling of the gun as students watch. He fills the cartridges into the magazine and assembles all parts of the gun. Another instructor helps the students follow the procedure. A student reassembles a gun at the table. Others look on. The instructor guides them.
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers train Burmese recruits in Burma during World War II. Burmese students learn mortar firing techniques. The students set up a practice target in a field. They line up. U.S. and Burmese instructors train and supervise the training. They take measurements and plant the assembled bipod at various spots. The students watch and learn as the instructors demonstrate mortar firing. An American instructor load shells, fire the mortar, and takes the post-fire position. Students look through the sight unit, take aim, load shells and fire mortars. One student looks through binoculars. Explosions in the field. The students learn to disassemble the mortar. They pack up the parts and move across the field. The students take down the practice target and wind up.
Chaplain school at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts during World War 2. A sign reads 'Headquarters Chaplain school'. White and African American Chaplains come out of the school building and march. Chaplains perform a drill.
Chaplains training at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts during World War 2. Chaplains at an outdoor first aid class. Chaplains learn to wrap a bandage around an arm. They learn to prepare a plaster in case of a fractured arm. The Chaplains look at a map and confer as one of them looks through a sighting instrument. An African American Harvard chaplain holding a sighting instrument.
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