Burial at sea ceremony on board the U.S. Navy ship USS Saratoga (CV-3) a day after an attack by Japanese Kamikazes during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Full crew of the USS Saratoga attend the ceremony on deck. The crew pay their respects. Bodies of the casualties, sewn into sailcloth, seen on deck. Some of the USS Saratoga crew are seen wearing life jackets. The bodies are thrown overboard. United States Marines firing their salute after all the bodies are buried at sea. Thousands of crewmen saluting as they conclude the ceremony. The crew disperse before forming a line on deck. Dr. Edgar Maurice Cortright, United States Navy Lieutenant, narrates his experience on board the USS Saratoga at the time of its bombing by Japanese planes.
U.S. Navy ship USS Indiana (BB-1) at the Dry Tortugas islands, west of Key West, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico during the Spanish- American War. The USS Indiana is seen from a moving yacht. The USS Indiana lies at anchor taking on coal. Marines and sailors are seen on the decks. Workers hustling “King coal” into the battleship, with coal passers running back and forth on the deck.
U.S. Navy ship USS Texas sailing the Hudson River, passing by Riverside Park- the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States. The background shows the white dome of the General Grant National Memorial or Grant’s Tomb (W 122nd St &, Riverside Dr, New York, 10027) on the hill crest.
U.S. Army infantry soldiers sit in front of a campfire at an infantry camp in the United States. Tents are seen behind the men. The men are talking and resting in front of the campfire. A man throws firewood into the campfire. A man herds a pack of trained bears. Children riding upon the back of the bears amuse soldiers and Red Cross nurses in the camp.
Trained bears perform tricks at a U.S. Army infantry camp in the United States. Two bears in costume sit on chairs. The bears stand on their hind legs. Trainers with sticks coax and lead the bears to march on their hind legs. They pull the bears with ropes tied to their necks. The bears fight in front of the men. The bears are given broomsticks by their trainers.
A young man dressed in a soldier’s uniform and a child enters a room where an elderly couple are talking to each other. The man bids his parents goodbye. A woman enters the room and the man bids good-bye to her. The mother reads a newspaper. A man brings a letter to the couple. The couple celebrates the letter. Army soldiers fighting in the Spanish-American War. U.S. Soldiers carrying the United States flag advance in the battlefield. Some soldiers drop to the ground. Medics brought injured soldiers to a Red Cross camp where nurses are seen chatting in front of the tents. The nurses and medics take the injured inside tent. A man returns home to his family.
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