American soldiers advance in Baguio, Philippine Islands during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft strafe the city of Baguio. A smoke column rises from explosions. Mountains in the background. Soldiers carrying full field packs and equipment move down Quezon Hill. Troops of U.S. Army 123rd and 130th Regiment, 33rd Infantry Division move towards the city from Mount Mirador on foot .
American soldiers in Baguio, Philippine Islands during World War II. Damaged buildings. American soldiers seated in front of a damaged building. They cook food over a small fire. Some soldiers eat. A soldier seated in a chair interacts with another soldier seated on the ground. They look at the countryside.
U.S. publishers and editors visit Reims, France during World War II. U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley at a headquarter building. Newspapermen walk through a prisoner of war (POW) camp area. They visit reclamation and spare parts maintenance headquarters. Vehicles parked outside the building. Trees in the background. An official briefs the newspapermen. They visit the POW enclosure and a cathedral. The visitors get in cars and move.
U.S. publishers and editors visit Reims, France during World War II. The publishers and editors disembark from an aircraft. Aircraft parked at an airfield in the background. U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley greets the visitors.
Montage of combat all over the world, during World War 2. Amphibious assaults, American soldiers advance and fire artillery on the battlefield. Soldiers fire rifles near gun emplacements on a Japanese island. U.S. medics or corpsmen give medical aid to a wounded soldier. German soldiers holding up white handkerchief and surrendering in a town in Europe as American soldiers receive the German prisoners of war. American soldiers leading an unclothed Japanese prisoner of war at gunpoint on a Pacific Island. A newspaper headline reads ' Japan surrenders'. Numerous jubilant Victory over Japan or VJ Day celebrations in the United States. Crowds gathered in celebration, sailor and soldier in uniform celebrating with civilians. Ticker tape rains down from buildings in New York City and other cities. A large crowd of civilians gathered on the streets to celebrate the end of World War 2.
Demobilization at the end of World War Two. Servicemen being mustered out at a separation center and returning home to resume normal civilian lives following discharge. Servicemen going home on a train. Some servicemen decide to remain in the armed services. They interact with fellow soldiers. Peacetime soldiers playing baseball, during leisure time, while others watch them and drink cokes. U.S. National Guard men march on a field. Some soldiers join Army Reserve units where they keep up their ratings and skills. A reserve gun crew loads shells and fires artillery. Officer looks through binoculars.
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