Uniformed guards unload cartons containing lottery numbers of men registered for the draft under the Selective Service Act of 1940. They bring them into the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue in Washington DC. Inside the auditorium, they empty capsules, containing the numbers, into a large glass container, under the supervision of U.S. Government civilian officials. Numerous American Legion members in uniform also assist.
United States navy fighting the Japanese. Map locates places where General MacArthur has visited. General on the deck of ship accompanied by other officials. He smokes cigar. The Navy bombards Japanese positions on Leyte. Landing craft reach the beaches. General MacArthur and President Osmena wade ashore. United States troops advance on the island. Destroyed buildings in the area due to bombardment. Civilians in tents. U.S. troops along with MacArthur and other officials stand outside a building and the flag hoisting ceremony takes place. (World War II period).
United States 3rd Army advances towards the battlefront. Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces General Dwight Eisenhower, U.S. Army Generals George Patton and Omar Bradley meet. Generals seated at dining table, eating food. They discuss amongst themselves. Armored forces of the 3rd Army move forward towards the battlefront. Soldiers on tanks. Firing and bombardment on the battlefront. Smoke arises due to firing. (World War II period).
U.S. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Charles Evans Hughes, receives an award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews. He addresses people. He terms intolerance as the deadly enemy of true democracy. (World War II period).
American infantry walking along a rocky mountain road, carrying their individual bedrolls. A local woman holding a small child, watches as they pass. Scenes of devastation near a body of water. Snow-covered mountains are visible in the background. Camera pans across the waterfront, showing debris everywhere. Destroyed structures. Some are simple dwellings. Others are remains of reinforced concrete structures. Two U.S. soldiers explore the top of a half submerged Sherman tank, at water’s edge. Their jeep is parked nearby. Another Sherman tank sits above water level, on a sand bar. Thousands of rounds of spent artillery shells are stacked, casually, in a field and partway up a hill. American soldiers gather informally,at side of a hill as one (likely an Army Chaplain) reads from a bible, as he leans over a fallen soldier, partially covered with a tarpaulin. A soldier looks at the Abbey of Monte Cassino through binoculars. Views of the town from overlooking mountain. Smoke rising from the castle and town as artillery shells strike. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
The Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy, during WWII. Bombing of German positions below and around the Abbey of Monte Cassino, as viewed from nearby mountain vantage point. Succession of bombs bursting on the German positions. U.S. soldiers sort artillery shells in a munitions dump.
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