Sailors aboard the troop transport ship, USS Harris (APA-2), receive wounded American soldiers evacuated during the battle of Attu Island in the Aleutians, during World War 2. Wounded, strapped on a platform, are raised from a Higgins boat, by rope sling, and gently placed on the ship's deck. A sailor carries one wounded soldier on his back. Another helps him onto a litter. Scene shifts to Attu Island, where an American soldier mans a 40 mm Bofors anti aircraft gun at a high point overlooking a harbor. A quonset hut and radio station, with tall antenna, are in background. What appears to be a steel pier extends into the bay below. Snow covers mountains in far background. The soldier loads shells into the gun and fires it.
"Allies take Kiska" Canadian troops on the move and join American troops to take over Kiska from Japanese possession. Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid with a Canadian General. Troops on board a ship and put on camouflage make up. A map shows location of Kiska. Allied troops loaded in landing crafts arrive at Kiska Island and regain it without any Japanese opposition. Wrecked Japanese planes and American flag. (World War II period).
"China's manpower carves aerodrome from wilderness" Chinese workers use primitive tools to construct an aerodrome in China. A worker breaks a rock and mixes it with mud to prepare cement like material used in construction. 300 men pull a massive roller for leveling the ground. American aircrafts take off from the aerodrome.
Mary Churchill, daughter of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, visits the United States. Mary Churchill visits a WAC (Women's Army Corps) camp in World War 2. Mary Churchill steps out of a building wearing uniform. She speaks to WAC personnel. She inspects an all-women lifeguard unit. Lifeguard unit demonstrate lifesaving. Mary Churchill sits on a lifeguard chair and puts on sunglasses.
"Railroad play dramatic role in America at war "Military tanks, armored vehicles and other equipment loaded onto railroad flat cars under supervision of engineers in United States during World War 2. Troops board a train. Army cook prepares food and troops eat their meals. Railway control room. Train reaches an embarkation port on the Atlantic coast.
American soldiers and sailors on a beach at Adak in Aleutian Island, Alaska. They re-embark onto LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) as naval men instruct them. After soldiers board, ramp is raised and LCVP moves towards ships. (World War II period).
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