U.S. Army beats U.S. Navy in a traditional football match in Baltimore, Maryland. General George C. Marshall, General Arnold and Admiral King arrive and take their seats. Army and navy troops march marking the start of the traditional ceremony. Large number of spectators from army, navy and other civilians take their seats in the stands. Navy cadets in the ground cheer for the army. Army soldiers sing songs for the navy. The football match starts. Players give a tough competition to each other as referee watches. Crowd watches and cheers. Army wins the match beating navy by 30-7. (World War II period).
Relocation of Japanese ancestry people, in United States due to security reasons, during World War II. Nisei, the Japanese of second generation in United States, in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of the U.S. Army. Troops march, undergo physical training. Troops trained for a combat operation. Soldiers practice firing with artillery and mortar launcher. Soldiers run through an obstacle course at Camp Shelby in Mississippi Troops of armed Nisei soldiers pass by the U.S. national flag.
Mail is loaded into cargo carrier which moves forward. Letters are distributed among U.S. Army soldiers. Few soldiers rest and read letters. U.S. Army officer looking through binoculars at forward Observation Post. Officer relays instructions to radio operator as a rifleman stands guard (World War II period).
Views from on deck, as the U.S. Navy Battleship, North Carolina (BB-55), fires salvoes from her 16 inch, 45 caliber guns, in triple turrets, at sea, during World War 2. View of the North Carolina from another ship as she fires her 5-inch, 38 caliber guns. Complete change of scene, to front view of torpedoes aboard a U.S. Fletcher class Destroyer. The Destroyer launches one set of 5 Mk 15 torpedoes while underway. She rotates two turrets containing 5-inch guns.
Several views of U.S. Connecticut class battleships used as troop trnasports at the end of World War 1. They are seen in the harbor at Brest, France, in 1919. Port bow closeup of one with American soldiers seen on deck. Several single-stack troop transport ships filled with soldiers, making their way out of the port. A large three-stacker passenger ship. view from fast moving small boat of a loaded troop transport underway.
Vietcong prisoners interrogated by South Vietnamese intelligence officer Lt Nguyen Khoan and U.S. Adviser, Captain Edward N. Fletcher, of U.S. MAAG (Military Advisory Assistance Group) Team 28. Hand points to map location. Intelligence officers look at the map where one prisoner points. Soldiers bring more Vietcong from bushes. Prisoners and officers look at map, while South Vietnamese Army soldiers maintain armed guard.
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