U.S. Marines during the Battle of Tarawa in World War II. Wounded United States marines of the 2nd Marine Division being given first aid in the field. They are carried by stretchers to boats. Navy doctors and corpsmen tend the wounded. They are being taken to hospital ships. View of the beach covered with dead U.S. marines.
U.S. Marine camp and village scenes in Haiti,West Indies. Truck loaded with men drives through street. U.S. officers walk through field. Officers raise American flag atop flag pole at the camp used by U.S. Marines during installation. Officers walk in the camp area. Buildings in the background. Men haul trolleys on field. Trees in the background. Women and children stand outside their straw huts. People move on horseback.
U.S. soldiers guard prisoners in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Marine truck convoy is damaged by a Vietcong ambush. U.S. soldiers holding rifles walk across a river. A soldier keeps guard on a group of prisoners sitting in a field. Women are marched across the field by the soldiers. A soldier talks over a telephone. Wounded prisoners get into a UH-1 Huey helicopter.
Opening scene shows massive military parades in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. Huge formations of Sailors and soldiers pass in review before Soviet leaders watching from a Kremlin reviewing stand. Among those seen are Party Chairman, and leader, Nikita Khrushchev, in light suit and hat and at his right side, Defense Minister Georgy Zhukov (in General's uniform). Next a formation of Tupolev Tu-16 (Badger) bombers flies over St. Basil's Cathedral and the square. View from high in Kremlin of towed artillery pieces. Closeup of Russian soldiers standing in the open back of a large artillery tractor pulling a large field piece. Other field pieces in tow. Scene shifts to the United States. Glimpse of an American Army recruiting poster and views of U.S. army recruits. U.S. soldiers on parade and in field training live fire exercises. Soldiers firing rifles in prone position, and then advancing across a field. Army gun crew with an 8-inch howitzer. M75 Armored Personnel Carriers driving across a field. Soldiers on maneuvers wearing personal camouflage and firing heavy weapons from a tree line.
American prisoners of war, at a Nazi concentration camp in Germany, towards the end of World War II. U.S. medics inspect the surviving U.S. prisoners. American nurses inspect an emaciated U.S. soldier survivor.
A parade in Washington DC, United States in honor of USN (United States Navy) Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz. A sign reads 'Welcome Nimitz'. The motorcade of Admiral Nimitz moves along a street followed by a parade of naval units. Navy personnel and Marines march along the street. Spectators cheer. Army jeeps with signs reading 'Iwo Jima' and 'Tarawa' move along the street. Women Marines parade. U.S. Coast Guard patrol dogs march with their handlers. A formation of naval aircraft fly overhead. A replica of USS Missouri (BB-63) is used as a review stand for Admiral Nimitz at the Washington Monument. Admiral Nimitz reviews the marching units.
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