United States soldiers marches south from Tarlac to Manila. Map of Manila and surrounding areas under United States control. A sign reads “Notice Picking Flowers Absolutely Prohibited”. Soldiers crawl under a hole in a wall. A skirmish rages in Rizal Stadium (Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Adriatico St, Malate, Maynila, 1004 Kalakhang Maynila), a baseball stadium in Malate, Manila. Soldiers walk on streets of Escolta, the business district of Manila. They cross a bridge on a waterway. They move on tanks in the field and pass a waterway. Animated map shows captured parts of Manila. Soldiers in the wrecked stadium. Soldiers fire in the stadium. Smoke arises due to firing. Soldiers walk on the street. Buildings and houses along the sides of the street. Soldiers fire on the street. Dead soldiers on the street. Dead body of a soldier near barricades. (World War II period).
Former Japanese prison guards and liberated allied prisoners of war at a Japanese prison camp in Manchuria during the Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II). The guards dig up Red Cross cartons intended for the prisoners. They were confiscated and buried by the Japanese. Soldiers stand with guns. A soldier plays guitar. A United States Army general speaks. Panoramic views of emaciated ex-prisoners. The liberated prisoners are loaded into transport planes. The airplane in flight.
WAC (Women's Army Corps) activities in Kandy, Ceylon during World War II. A U.S. soldier writes while seated at a table. A WAC personnel approaches a shelf with books. She removes a reference book and goes through it. She checks papers against the reference book and marks information on a sheet. She then returns the book to the shelf. Labeled books in shelf. A label reads 'WAR DIARY, July 1944 - 26th to 31st'.
WAC (Women's Army Corps) activities in Kandy, Ceylon. WAC at disbursement window. A United States soldier enters the room. He approaches the counter and talks to the WAC. He signs a paper given to him by the WAC. She removes bills from a drawer behind the counter and hands over the pay to the soldier. (World War II period).
WAC (Women's Army Corps) activities in Kandy, Ceylon. United States soldiers work on a multiple position switchboard. One WAC seated among five soldiers. All telephone switchboard operators at work. Soldiers wearing headphones with attached mouth pieces. They place jacks into proper positions on the boards. (World War II period).
1st Engineer Assault Company at Po Valley, Italy. United States M4 Sherman tank equipped with crane lifts bundle of logs called fascines. M4 tanks with steel girder platform mounted on top, transport log of bundles. Tanks with the help of crane load tread way sections of bridge onto army tucks. Trucks loaded with logs drive on a dirt road.
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