U.S. Army General Walter Kruger presents awards to U.S. Sixth Army soldiers in San Fernando, Luzon in Philippines during World War II. The soldiers of U.S. Sixth Army lined up at headquarters. The Commander of the Sixth Army arrives in a car. He decorates the soldiers. He pins up medals onto their uniforms and shakes hands.
George C. Marshall, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, stands on the top step of a wood and woven palm building, headquarters of the U.S. 6th Army, on Goodenough Island, New Guinea, during World War 2. Lieutenant General George C. Kenney, Commander of Allied Air Forces and the U.S. Fifth Air Force, stands with two other officers on the ground in front of the hut. General Douglas MacArthur Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) joins Marshall and poses, standing to his left. General Marshall leaves the building to enter a car. Next, he is seen standing on the ramp of an airfield. MacArthur is also seen briefly, standing next to Marshall. General Marshall converses with Lieutenant General Walter Kreuger, Commander of the Sixth United States Army in the South West Pacific Area, and with General Kenney. General MacArthur and General Kenney, followed by other officers, walk back from a B-17 bomber (General Marshall's airplane) after saying goodbye to General Marshall. General Kreuger remains at the door of Marshall's B-17, bidding Marshall farewell. The B-17 is next seen taking off from the runway.
U.S. aircraft attack Nazi submarines in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force airplane in flight over a United States convoy while it is underway in the Atlantic Ocean. A man aboard an airborne airplane sends a message after sighting a German submarine. A U.S. Army Air Force dive bomber takes off from aboard an aircraft carrier. A gun being fired at the submarine. Bombs being dropped. A bomb in mid air. Explosions occur at sea as two submarines are destroyed.
Scrap of damaged airplanes being used for manufacturing new aircraft at the Alameda Naval Air Station in California. An aircraft in a hoist. A heap of wrecked aircraft parts. Women look at an aircraft. Men pull out metal pieces from the scrap to be used for manufacturing new aircraft. Butch O'Hare's aircraft also being used for the purpose. Metal pieces being piled up at the air station.
U.S. Forces shoot down enemy airplanes and submarines in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Task Force underway at sea off the coast of Saipan. Three Japanese aircraft attack ships. Naval guns being fired at the airplanes. The airplanes being shot down. An aircraft bursts into flames and falls into sea. A U.S. aircraft attacks a German U-boat in the Atlantic Ocean. The U boat being strafed and sinks into the sea.
Area being bombed in Germany after the Allied victory in Europe during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force Major and an Electrician's Mate. The Electrician's Mate looks through binoculars. A U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drops bombs and an explosion occurs. P-47 aircraft drop bombs outside a German village as smoke and fire rise. The target area on fire due to the bombings. U.S. Army Air Force Major and the Electrician's Mate as the Major directing the bombing by handheld radio. The Electrician's Mate looks through binoculars. The P-47s drop napalm incendiary bombs over positions near farm land outside a German town. Smoke and fire rise.
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