US Army recruits in World War 2 hold buckets of sand and stand barefoot on one leg at a time as doctor checks for flat feet and shoe sizing. A Lieutenant checks the fit of a new uniform jacket on a soldier. A group of newly recruited soldiers try on uniforms. A group of soldiers buttons their new Army overcoats
American flag on the stern of a ship. American Expeditionary Forces in Australia during World War 2.. A woman volunteer hands out biscuits to the American soldiers on pier. Unarmed soldiers march on the pier. Scene of parade and review of uniformed members of Women's Royal Australian Naval Service. I don't believe the worker handing out biscuits is Salvation Army. She is not wearing a Salvation Army uniform or badge.
Exterior view of San Francisco National Guard Armory building at the corner of Mission Street and 14th Street in San Francisco, California, United States. Soldiers of 250th Coast Artillery exit the armory building with gear, load up into trucks, drive, and enter Camp McQuade in California, during World War 2. Artillery guns parked to the side as men jump from trucks. View of tent encampment. Men in the foreground set up tents.
U.S. Army troops rest along a roadway and smoke cigarettes in Alleutian Island, Alaska, during World War 2. Some stand and others are seated. Mountains in the background with snow on them. An army jeep passes by the men. View changes to crew working under the wing of United States P-40 warhawk fighter plane. Two men atop load ammunition into it.
'Japanese attack on Dutch harbor '. Fire and smoke as a result of Japanese attack on Dutch harbor in the Aleutian Islands, in World War 2. Smoke rises from a burning ship and over a storehouse. A wrecked armored jeep as a result of Japanese bombings. A burned out ship at the pier.
Scenes in Houston Texas as 1000 Houston Volunteers enlist in the military in World War 2 to avenge the loss of the USS Houston (CA-30) to the Japanese. They attend a swearing in ceremony in front of the marquee of the Loews State theater. Scene change to Newport News, Virginia as people gather for the launching of the new U.S. Navy cruiser ship USS Houston (CL-81). New cruiser launched at a colorful ceremony. Dignitaries on stand include the sponsor, Mrs. C. B. Hamill, who is seen hitting a bottle of champagne against the ship hull, and then it slides down the ways at launching.
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