A film describes functions of a U.S. Army evacuation hospital in the European Theater during World War II. Copies of field medical record are distributed to patients before their discharge. The patients who can not walk are carried on litters to ambulances. An ambulance pulls away. Litter cases are loaded aboard transport aircraft and hospital trains. Ambulances move toward waiting LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks).
Planning of last bomber attack on Japan by the U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) during World War II. An officer points out positions on a section of map of the Pacific in in Guam, Mariana Islands.
A submarine in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A submarine underway at sea. A U.S. aircraft signals with two flares showing the position of the submarine. The submarine aircraft goes in towards the submarine. The submarine submerges.
U.S. soldiers in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. soldiers pickup meals at a mess tent and stand outside at tables to eat. A laundry for the soldiers shows two ingenious clothes washing machines made of 55 gallon drums and plungers, powered by rotatating wind -driven propellers. Laundry is drying on lines stretched out in background. Soldiers also scrub clothes on tilted tables. A tent area in the background.
U.S. soldiers in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. The soldiers taking shower. A tent area in the background. The shower is constructed of iron pipe with individual overhead chain pulls to release water. It is surrounded by a waist-high enclosure.
U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) aircraft at Isley Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft parked on aprons at airfield in Guam. Tail Code "A" of the 497th Bomb Group (73rd Bomb Wing) can be seen on one of the B-29s. A formation of USAAF P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft, in flight. U.S. airmen pull through propeller on number 4 engine of a B-29 to assure against hydraulic lock before starting the engine. B-29 parked next to this one displays "Square M" tail code of the 19th Bomb Group (314th Bomb Wing) stationed on Guam.
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