U.S. Lieutenant Gerry Kisters awarded Distinguished Service Cross in the United States during World War II. Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army General George Marshall stands alongside Lieutenant Gerry Kisters and his family. Also in the group is General Lesley McNair. Officer reads citation. General Marshall pins DSC (Distinguished Service Cross) on uniform of Lieutenant Kisters and shakes hands with him. Lieutenant Kisters kisses his wife and his family congratulates him.
U.S. Army officers assigned to U.S. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) in the United States during the Great Depression. Signs beside door reads 'CCC Headquarters'. Interiors show an officer attending a phone call. Another officer joins him. Group of officers walk next to tents, bunk houses, and barracks at a CCC camp. Officer types at desk. CCC recruits receive first aid in a medical tent for a wounded foot. A hurt or wounded man is loaded into a truck. Recruit receiving dental care in a tent . Officers at desk. Female workers write at desk.
An enactment of selection and classification of U.S. Army Air Force air crew in the United States during World War II. Narration by Ronald Reagan. Cadets after going through various tests arrive for their selection as bombardiers, pilots or navigators. A cadet signs on a document of appeal to a classification board as he wants to become a pilot and not a bombardier. The cadet speaks with two U.S. Army Air Force officers of the classification board. An officer shows aptitude test results to the cadet. The Cadet is convinced by the officers to become a bombardier.
The United States troops setting up radar on a field in the United States. U.S. soldiers working on the sound ranging equipment. The equipment locates enemy positions. The soldiers setting up the radar. A soldier in radio room. A sign reads: 'Radio Detonator'. Soldiers working. Buildings in the background.
U.S. Navy surface battle practice in the United States. U.S. Navy gun crew members man a 5 inches gun. Muzzle of 5 inches gun as it is fired. 40 mm gun hits in the water on the horizon. Officers talking. Crew posing. (World War II period).
U.S. submarines at a harbor in the United States. A ship underway at sea off the coast of United States. Using signal lamp, Signalman aboard the ship is sending morse code blinker at night (though first dawn light of sunrise is visible). Low mountains in the background. Men aboard a boat underway. The sunrise view. (Unrelated: Clip ends with brief view of Kodak "china girl" for color timing. Lettering beside this "china girl" or "leader lady" indicates Kodak 79 ECO and she is wearing a 1960's fashion shirt or blouse.)
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