Japanese-American soldiers arrive in France during World War II. Soldiers boarded in trucks move towards the battlefront. Japanese-American soldiers fire at enemy positions in the field. Injured soldier being treated by a member of the medical team.
Opening scenes show formations of World War 2 Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers in flight. Slate reads: "Pearl Harbor December 7,1941." U.S. B-17 bombers are parked on an airfield. Ships and facilities are seen at the Pearl Harbor Naval station in Hawaii. Views of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers flying in formation above clouds. Explosions and fire destroying aircraft and facilities at the Ford Island Naval Air Station. The USS Arizona burning and filling the air with heavy black smoke as she lists and sinks from bombing. Subsequent views of the destruction wrought by the bombing.
United States 511th Parachute Infantry attacks hill 2380 in Philippines during World War 2. Soldiers ascend the hill. Narrator describes scenes shown. Camera pans to show a wounded Japanese soldier far in the distance. Camera holds on that position for some minutes. U.S. machine guns and mortar shells strike at the Japanese position on which the camera is trained.
United States B-17 and B-24 bombers loaded with bombs to be dropped over Japanese position in Aleutian Island during World War II. Planes take off and drop bombs over Japanese position and return after the air strike.
Japan invades Malaya. Japanese ships and planes. Japanese soldiers land at Malaya beach with supplies and move into the island under cover. Machine gunners fire and infantry charge. (World War II period).
Recognition of Japanese Zero fighter plane and differences between a Zero and United States P-40 plane. An enactment shows a pilot Ronald Reagan understand the differences and similarities between the United states P-40 and Japanese Zero plane. He mistakingly fires at a P-40 and later attacks and shoots down a Zero plane. (World War II period).
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