Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Water ambulances come in to a pier. A wounded soldier on a litter is placed in a new ambulance. A medical officer decorates U.S. soldiers with the Purple Hearts ion Palermo. Other soldiers lined up in the background. A dead German soldier on a dirt road. Surgeons perform an operation in artificial lights. The medical officer decorates the soldiers.
Damage caused by Allied bombings in Palermo, Sicily, Italy during World War II. Damaged buildings and rubble in a street. Damaged buildings along a road. A U.S. Army tank with soldiers loaded onto it moves down a street past damaged buildings. A gutted building as an army truck moves past a sentry standing in the foreground.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines demonstrate Japanese weapons. A Marine fires a Japanese flame thrower. A Japanese artillery piece. The Marines fire machine guns and artillery.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Wounded U.S. Marines being loaded aboard an aircraft to be taken to an island in the Pacific for medical aid. The Marines with minor injuries recover at a field hospital in Guadalcanal. A Marine opens a refrigerator. The Marines bathe and wash in a river. A cook bakes biscuits. The Marines eat food. They look at a bulletin board.
A film titled 'Soldiers of the sea' about the training of United States Marine. Aerial view of Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California. A car enters through a gate. A poster reads 'US Marines'. A Marine talks to men near the poster. A sign outside an office reads 'Recruiting officer'. A recruit takes an oath. He gets a haircut. Uniform being issued to the recruit. A Marine blows a bugle. Recruits get up and put on their clothes. The recruits in a classroom. They are taught about parts of a ship with the help of a model of a ship. A sign reads 'Never say you to an officer' as recruits learn military etiquettes. They learn to prepare a casemate hammock.
A film about training of United States Marines in San Diego, California. Recruits learn the details of squad formation as they perform drill manuevers under the instruction of a drill sergeant. The recruits receive fixed bayonet instruction. Two trainers demonstrate the use of bayonet equipped rifles in hand to hand combat. To build varied physical strength the recruits row a whaleboat. The crew of Marines raise their 12 foot oars in the air at the end of their rowing effort.
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