Soldiers of the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team (comprising Americans of Japanese ancestry) are seen on the day they complete their basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, during World War 2. Closeups of 442nd officers and brief glimpse of some of the soldiers. Brigadier General George M. Halloran, Commandant of Camp Shelby, and a Colonel, chat with officers of the 442nd, following the ceremony marking completion of their unit's basic training. Panning closeups of them all. The Colonel calls them to attention, and he and General Halloran dismiss them with exchanged salutes. Halloran then personally shakes hands with each of the officer. Closeups of the General and the Colonel.
Members of the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team (comprising Americans of Japanese ancestry) practice Hawaiian music and dance intended to entertain the troops, during World War 2. Several of the group take turns imitating hula dancers, as the musicians play. Numerous views of the men dancing. Musicians, including one playing guitar and another with ukulele, are seen at the end of the clip. (Note: Under auspices of Mr. Earl Finch, a businessman from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a similar group of 442nd soldiers, coming through Camp Shelby, was formed into the "Shelby Serenaders,"later in the war. Finch also created the “Aloha” USO in Hattiesburg, and did many other things to make life more pleasant for members of the 442nd during their training times at Camp Shelby.)
Tennis match for U.S. Open Tennis Championship in Forest Hills, New York. John Thomas Godfray Hope Doeg and his opponent play tennis. Spectators watch the match. John Doeg wins and is greeted by the opponent. John Doeg receives trophy.
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson arrives and departs from the Convention Hall during the American Federation of Labor Convention in Buffalo, New York. President Wilson and his wife, the First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson arrive at the Convention Hall. Troops enter the hall (during World War I). The President and his wife leave the hall. They get into a car. The Labor convention moves through the streets of the city. Railroad tracks on a road. The troops march.
A U.S. Navy Task Force underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Saipan of World War II. The task force at anchor. APs (Transports), BBs (Battleships) and CLs (Light Cruisers) underway as the task force leaves Kwajalein and is en route to Saipan. Guard mail transferred from a DD (Destroyer) alongside. A formation of airplanes passes. An airplane lands aboard a CVE (Escort Aircraft Carrier).
A CURV III (Cable controlled Underwater Research Vehicle) aboard USS Opportune in the Atlantic Ocean. Hands of a man working with wires. Three members of U.S. Naval Undersea Center (NUC) –a technician has a note pad while others are working with wires. Hands of the technician holding a group of wires and a continuity checker. Two technicians working with wires. The third man in the background. A technician working on the deck of USS Opportune (Salvage Vessel). Gear on the deck of the ship. Hands of a man holding a metal object over the deck. A technician working on the deck. Other technicians and a crewman in the background. Two technicians working with an object on the deck. A heavy, round metal object in the hands of a technician. Another technician attaching a small white line to the metal object. The technicians working on the deck around the CURV III. A man works with wrenches on side of the CURV III. The claws of the CURV III. A technician working with a wrench on the CURV III. Two technicians working on a large shackle attaching objects with a line. A group of men gathered around the CURV III. The technicians standing at a side of the CURV III.
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