The U.S. officers in Bologna, Italy in April 1945 (World War II). U.S. Army General Lucian K Truscott Jr arrives in USAAF Stinson L-5B Sentinel aircraft. Army Air Forces C-45 Expeditor taxis to a halt and U.S. Army General Mark W Clark, General Henry "Hap" Arnold and Major General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther exit from the airplane. They are greeted by General Truscott. Generals Truscott, Clark and Arnold drive off in a jeep.
A film features the training of U.S. soldiers. A statue of soldiers in the U.S. Soldiers marching in a field during World War II. They hold rifles. The soldiers standing at attention. They are being trained for various jobs. The soldiers learn to fire artillery. Skiers learn skiing basics on a snow covered area. Some soldiers aboard a jeep learn various maneuvers. Soldiers aboard a tank. Others working on an electric pole. Airplanes flying in formation overhead. Aerial view of soldiers marching in formation. A painting of a historical war in which the soldiers are standing aboard a boat and holding a U.S. flag. The soldiers standing at attention.
U.S. officers arrive in China. Commandant of the U.S. forces in China General Albert Wedemeyer makes an inspection tour of the American installations in China. He comes out of an aircraft. Other officials greet him. U.S. Ambassador to China Patrick Jay Hurley arrives and meets Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Chiang Kai-shek. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill meets local leaders in Athens, Greece.
The office of U.S. Army Chief of Staff in the United States during World War II. U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall seated at a desk. Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Byrden seated along with them. They discuss a map. An officer arrives and hands over a document to General Marshall. He sits at the desk. The officers discussing.
A railroad train carrying a U.S. Navy 14-inch railway gun, on a Mk I gun car, along with other cars containing associated personnel,supplies and equipment, arriving at a depot in France, during World 1. Most of the cars are marked "USN." In next scene, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, stands in a field with two U.S. Navy Captains and U.S. Army Major General Henry T. Allen, along with two other Army officers. General Allen escorts Roosevelt to the railway gun train, where he climbs aboard the rear access door of the Mk I car. An American flag flies over the car. Camera pans along the car to where Roosevelt is seen standing beneath the 14-inch gun barrel. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Shows scenes of the Battle of the Bulge near Bastogne, Belgium with U.S. troops of the 101st Airborne Infantry during World War II. An officer seated at a desk and speaking about the invasion. U.S. Army soldiers on a battlefield in Bastogne. Troops move out of a mobilization area. Soldiers look at war equipment and material. The soldiers holding rifles and other equipment. The soldiers aboard trucks. A truck convoy passing on a street at night. Smoke rises from firing and bombardment. The soldiers advancing across a field. Buildings in an area. A sign board reads 'Bastogne'. A snow covered area. Soldiers huddle in blankets sitting on snow covered ground. The soldiers firing rifles and bazooka at German positions. A machine gun emplacement in the snow. Frozen bodies of dead American soldiers are removed by U.S. Army soldiers. Bomb damaged buildings in the area. The soldiers firing machine guns and rifles. Smoke from explosions. Night time artillery barrage including rocket launchers firing toward enemy German positions.
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