The United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) working in the Atlantic City, New Jersey. Long lines of women seated in chairs inside a building during radio training. They complete a five months radio course to be radio operators during World War 2, freeing more men for duty on the war front. Women marching outside Coast Guard buildings. A board on a building reads: 'US Coast Guard Training Station'. The women receive radio operator certificates, awarded by Commander Dorothy Stratton during a ceremony. Women SPARS in Coast Guard uniforms smiling after receiving their certificates.
United States soldiers in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Soldiers gather outside a thatched hut. A soldier responds to mail call. Mail call for the soldiers. A reporter wakes a sleeping soldier and interviews him about mails. Soldiers read their mails during their spare time. A soldier asks his friend about the latter’s mail.
United States soldiers in Germany near the end of World War 2, in Europe. American M26 heavy and M4A3 medium tanks maneuver in a field. Trees in the distance. A line up of M4A3 medium tanks (both 75mm and 76mm gun types) commence test firing.
United States soldiers in Germany during World War 2. Troops ride across a stream on M4A3(75)W medium tank "Sherman." Others follow on an M4 medium tank "Sherman" ('dozer tank with blade removed). Final group rides an M26 "Pershing" heavy tank. Soldiers on the opposite shore are preparing an encampment. Brief view of a bulldozer and soldiers standing across the stream. A soldier directs tanks as they negotiate the opposite side of the stream.
Aircraft in flight overhead in Frankfurt, Germany during World War II. United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt in flight overhead. A formation flight of the aircraft. The aircraft in flight over the clouds.
United States Army soldiers in Germany during World War II. Tanks moving past on a road. The tanks pass through a smoke screen, camouflaging the troop movements in open areas near the River Rhine. A smoke machine billowing smoke. Tanks and trucks driving by through the thick smoke. Soldiers aboard the tanks and the trucks. Bomb damage in the foreground. The tanks driving through the smoke screen in the background. The trucks pulling heavy artillery.
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