Film opens showing animated map of Pacific and avenue of attack against Japan via the Aleutian Islands in World War 2. . Scene shifts to the Aleutian Islands, where American P-47 aircraft are seen parked on an open ramp in severe winter weather. Next, American Army truck convoys are seen traversing subarctic Canada on the Alcan highway, with supplies to sustain U.S. forces in the Aleutians. U.S. soldiers and airmen are seen obtaining various items and playing volleyball on a ramp at an airbase. Fog shrouds the Aleutians keeping aircraft grounded. Soldiers look at maps and plan targets. Aircrews are briefed about their mission and targets. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers fly in formation over snow-covered peaks. View looking down on a B-24 headed toward Japan. Airmen in a headquarters plotting the disposition of aircraft reporting to them by radio. View above thick clouds with nothing in sight. (But exploding bombs are heard.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
A film about the Allied campaign in New Britain, New Guinea during World War II. A man opens an envelope and reads a letter with a secret mark on it. A sign on the letter reads 'Overpower'. A map of New Britain. A jungle on the island of New Britain. The sun sets behind the trees. The Allied task force soldiers board trucks and move to staging area on Goodenough island. Two other task forces comprising of U.S. Marines take their positions in staging areas. Equipment, artillery, cables, and food arrive at the areas.
United States Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A tank on the beach as a gun mounted on it fires. Smoke rises. Marines on the beach near a LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked). A tank rolls amidst smoke. Marines take cover behind a tree and blast a pill box as smoke rises.
USS Intrepid aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Hospital Corpsmen on the deck of the aircraft carrier as they give first aid to the wounded. A wounded being given blood plasma on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier.
USS Intrepid aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A battleship and an aircraft carrier underway as aircraft carrier burns in the background. Men fight fire on the deck of USS Intrepid. Smoke comes up between cracks from hangar deck below.
USS Intrepid aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Hospital Corpsmen treat the wounded on the flight deck of USS Intrepid. A Corpsman gives artificial respiration to a wounded man. Wounded being administered blood plasma on the deck of the aircraft carrier.
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