U.S. planes bomb Japanese ships in south pacific near the tip of New Briton. Bomb blast on and near the ships. Aerial view of bomb blasts and Japanese ships below. (World War II period).
Men of Japanese descent at a meeting in the United States, circa 1941-1942, near time of opening of relocation centers and internment camps for Japanese citizens. Men sit at a meeting table. A man stands and speaks. A man wears glasses. A man smokes.
Japanese-American recruits at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. Japanese-American soldiers march with rifles. Soldiers exercise in field and an instructor demonstrates steps to them. Guard stand past Headquarters Company 2nd Infantry Combat Team. Combat team boys stand in line. Boys from relocation center (internment camp) are the volunteers. Hawaiian boys go for broke in training. Soldiers march and get training with rifles. They get training to throw hand grenade and use gas mask. Crew of 37 mm gun gets training. (World War II period).
U.S. Marines in action on Iwo Jima during World War 2. Sign: 'Ten Good Japs (Japanese) Here'. U.S. Marines climb on rocks with dog and look for snipers. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers lay where they fell in their defensive position amongst rocks. U.S. Marine soldier carves sand stone grave marker containing image of crucifix and Christ.
U.S. marines ot the 9th Marine Regiment, operating from the 4th Marine Division's zone of action, during later phase of the battle for Iwo Jima in World War 2. (Their mission is to sweep the last hostile troops from the ridge in the southeast corner of the 3rd Marine Division's zone of operation.) They move cautiously along extremely rough terrain on the ridge, to flush out any remaining pockets of Japanese resistance. A marine carefully scouts an area of large boulders and potential Japanese hiding places. Another marine is seen silhouetted atop the ridgeline. A marine hurries down from the ridge after placing a demolition charge. He hunkers down with several other marines sheltered just below the ridge as the demolition charge explodes raising brown smoke followed by white smoke. The marines then stand and cautiously approach the ridge.
Adolf Hitler greet Japanese officers in Berlin. People walk in a hall. Three men stand together and talk. Men shake hands. General Walther von Brauchitsch arrives and sits with his officers. General walks in to a room. Officers follow him. He meets Adolf Hitler and shakes hands with him. Japanese officers stand in line, Adolf Hitler shakes hands with them one by one.
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