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.
From a film titled 'Tank Mission World War II'. Eiffel tower in Paris and scenes on quiet streets of Paris during German occupation. German troops in Paris in 1941. United States tanks maneuver during planning phases and drills for invasion of Europe. Tank fires flamethrower. Various U.S. tanks fitted with different attachment for bulldozing practice demolishing beach blockades and erecting landing areas. Infantry troops practice maneuvering behind tanks. German bunkers and fortifications on the French coast. United States infantry and tank units land at Normandy on D-Day and the days following. U.S. troops fire. Smoke rises due to explosion. Many hedges in the way. Tanks fitted with hedgerow cutters (the idea of a Sergeant) for cutting through the hedges. Tank fitted with hedge row cutter cuts through a hedge.
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