French General Philippe Petain decorates General Russel and General Richard O' Connor in Tours, France during World War I. U.S. 4th Cavalry Regiment on horse back. Soldiers stand in the background. U.S. Army Brigadier General James Guthrie Harbord reviews 4th Cavalry Regiment. James Guthrie Harbord leaves after reviewing the cavalry regiment. He is escorted by officers. Soldiers stand holding umbrellas in the background. They stand in formation as they are reviewed by Harbord. An officer reads from a paper. Others stand near him. Harbord is decorated by General Farnsworth. The officers who are being awarded stand in formation. French General Philippe Petain shakes hands with General Russel and General Richard O' Connor. The soldiers stand holding flags.
U.S. soldiers parade in Tours, France during World War I. People crowd on either side of a street. A band plays music. The soldiers parade holding the U.S. flag. Soldiers on jeeps advance during the parade. Children play and the crowd watches the parade. A soldiers controls the crowd. The soldiers parade during the ceremony.
Film opens showing a U.S. Air Transport Command C-54 aircraft taxiing in to park at the Washington National airport, Washington, DC. Next, U.S. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, leaves the aircraft and descends steps, followed by a Congressional delegation, including Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg. The airport ramp is crowded with Army Air Forces personnel, photographers, and news reporters. Other Air Forces members watch from in front of the Army Air Forces Transport Command Terminal in the background. Closeup of Byrnes greeting several men in the crowd. Part of the sequence repeats again.
Major General William R. Schmidt presents awards to officers in Wittlich, Germany during World War II. The officers of the Air Liaison Squadron of U.S. 76th Division lined up. A close up of U.S. 76th Division Commander Major General William R. Schmidt. The Major General speaks to the officers. Jeeps parked in the background. He presents Air Medals to the officers of the Air Liaison Squadron of the 76th Division. Several views of General William R. Schmidt awarding the medals and shaking hands with the officers.
U.S. 899th Field Artillery Battalion, 75th Division in Germany during World War II. The soldiers of U.S. 899th Field Artillery Battalion, 75th Division unload 105mm shells from a vehicle. A soldier carrying a box of shells. A soldier with spectacles. A soldier removes tapes sticking on the shells. Another soldier taking out shells from a box. The soldier removes the tape. A soldier carries a shell and puts it in a dugout. He comes out after keeping the shell. A barrel of a gun in the foreground. The shells piled up. A soldier takes out shells and places them into a box.
The Battle of Okinawa in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A group of U.S. Marines at a command post looks at a chart of a combat area. A Marine looking through a binocular. Another Marine stands holding the binocular and other stand behind him. U.S. Marines in a foxhole. A Marine in a partial foxhole with a mortar. The Marines in a trench look out over an open valley with binoculars. Smoke columns rise in a distance due to mortar fire. Marine communications squad lays telephone wires toward advance position. The Marines laying the wires. A group of Marines seated discuss and one of them puts on a mask. The Marine advance. A Marine carries mortar parts on his shoulders. A USMC (United States Marine Corps) sniper with a telescopic lens on a rifle shoots across the valley. The Mortar Squad firing. Phosphorous smoke shells hit the ground in the open valley and lay a smoke screen. A Marine speaks over a telephone and another smokes a cigar.
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