U.S. Sailors decorate conning tower of their submarine on VJ Day in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. an American flag streamer flies from the top of their conning tower and they fasten several small Japanese Naval ensigns to a line from the conning tower. Crew members point to symbols of sunken japanese ships and destroyed targets, painted on conning tower.
U.S. submarines arrive at a dock in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during World War II. An officer holds a life preserver from a sunken Japanese ship. Japanese prisoners are marched down the dock. Officers and sailors on the conning tower of a submarine. Flags flying at the conning tower representing the ships which were sunk.
A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. A map locates places which are under northern attack forces. Burlesque Island is located. Camouflage Island. Areas captured on the islands. A large concentration of Japanese buildings on Camouflage Island. Radio and radar stations are installed by the Japanese in these areas.
Opening scene shows a battlefield wooden cross marking the grave of Private Robert. Woods. His photograph is shown.The narrator is an American Pastor of a predominantly African American congregation speaking from the pulpit about men who served America during World War 2. He cites U.S. Army bomber pilot, Colin Kelly, whose photograph is also seen. The pastor also mentions Meyer Levine, Kelly's bombardier (unseen) and an African American sailor, named Dory Miller, who shot down Japanese aircraft while defending the battleship West Virginia during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Miller is seen shaking hands with officers on the deck of a Navy ship. Camera focuses on a banner in the church displaying stars for the members of the congregation in the Armed Forces. He leads in a prayer of thanks for "this land which our fathers have helped to build." Camera pans over the congregation. The choir and congregation join in singing "Onward Christian Soldiers." Next, a large formation of African American soldiers marches in a parade. They wear uniforms including M1917 steel helmets, and carry rifles and field packs. Scene updates to African American soldiers marching wearing World War 2 M1 steel helmets. Scene shifts to African American Army Colonel and another officer reviewing marching troops on a snowy field. Next, African American women in the WAC (Women's Army Corps) are seen marching. African American troops are seen, again, parading in World War 1 steel helmets, and then others are seen parading in garrison caps. More views of these various groups parading with a glimpse of mounted cavalry inserted, as well. As the film ends, the background music is the singing of "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho." (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
United States Marines Corps on their way to invade the Japanese held Solomon Islands during World War II. A mail ship arrives and the Marines on the deck of the ship. U.S. Navy F4U Corsair aircraft in flight. Patrol boats underway. Marines on the bridge aboard a ship. The Marines climb down a landing net and come aboard a landing craft alongside the ship. Naval guns bombard Solomon coast. Landing crafts pull away. An aircraft in flight. Smoke rises from the coast due to bombarding. The landing crafts head towards a beach. Crafts arrive at the coast. Men put sand bags around a gun emplacement on the beach. A sign in Japanese. The United States flag being raised on the island.
World War II events leading up to the independence of the Philippines. Filipino guerrillas march and line up as they prepare to fight against Japanese soldiers. A Filipino guerrilla of European descent and Chinese Filipino guerrilla are seen. U.S. officers seated in a camp. A newspaper headline reads 'MacArthur invades Philippines'. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur and other officers land at Leyte in the Philippines. Filipino guerrillas receive rifles. U.S. and Filipino soldiers fire artillery and tanks roll across a field. A tank named “Luzon Liberator”. U.S. forces march through a city in the Philippines. General MacArthur gets off a car. A sign reads 'Victory Festival'. Filipino civilians cheer for American soldiers. Decorated floats at a parade to mark the end of Japanese occupation. Signs read ‘Mabuhay America & Filipinas’, 'Long live Philippines', ‘Mabuhay President Truman’ and 'Thanks Uncle Sam'.
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