United States Military lands at Aleutian Islands in Alaska to prepare a new base for its bombers to bomb Japanese positions, during World War II. U.S. soldiers in ships, boats and landing tractors land on the Aleutians. Soldiers unload materials from the boats. Soldiers try and put up tents fighting chill winds. General Lloyd E. Jones, in charge of the operation. Soldiers from a post watch the sea.
Sailors drinking beer at a bar. A woman tends the bar. Liquor bottles in the rack behind her. U.S. fighter planes in formation. Large number of U.S. B-18, Bolo bombers parked on an airfield. Pedestrians walk on sidewalks. Two sailors walk on talking to each other. High tide in sea surf rolls over the beach on the coastline of Oahu. A burned Japanese fighter plane on the beach area, surf rolls over the parts of the wreckage. 'Rising Sun' insignia on part of the aircraft and its tail section.
U.S. warplanes burning at airfield from attack by Japanese airplanes. Armed military responding to the attack run past the burning planes. At least one of the burning aircraft is a B-17 bomber. (World War II period).
Japanese-American recruits in the United States Army, under training at Camp Shelby in Missouri, United States. A soldier practices firing a machine gun while others watch. Field training to the Nisei soldiers. Artillery advances in trucks on the roads. Nisei soldiers loaded in trucks. An anti aircraft gun under camouflage. Recruits learn to load it and take aim. (World War II period).
Japanese-American U.S. Army soldiers, receiving training at Camp Shelby in Missouri, United States, during World War 2. Convoy of amphibious vehicles and jeeps drive on mud roads. Army engineers on amphibious vehicle in a river. Engineers return back to the river banks. Organized military crew at the bank receives orders to built pontoon bridge. Soldiers tie ropes, assemble bridge, and arrange its pieces in river to make a complete river bridge. Rifled soldiers cross the bridge. The highest rank Nisei officer instructs as the soldiers set dynamite, the officer demonstrates dynamite explosion.
Japanese-American recruits in the United States Army, under training at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, United States. Nisei soldiers fire machine guns from a trench. They train on obstacle course. Soldiers crawl in a tunnel, jump a ridge, climb eight foot wall, crawl in bog. Marching practice by the troops. Buglers give a church call on Sundays. Prayers by soldiers and priests. Marching troops of soldiers salute U.S. national flag. (World War II period).
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