U.S. Marines Battle Japanese in Pacific! 1942

This is great stuff on Google Video. Google has reached a non-exclusive agreement with the National Archives of the US to show some of the restored older footage. This includes old News Reels, old Nasa films, and a lot of stock footage of the United States. This is an old news reel featuring the following:

Part 1, Marines train in the U.S. and set up an operations post in the Pacific. Shows Adm. Byrd. Part 2, women make dirigibles; a pipe line is laid from Texas to Illinois; ships are launched in Maine; children camp in New Jersey. Part 3, Philippine soldiers train in California. Part 4, the "Flying Tigers" in China become part of the Army Air Forces. Wings and insignias are presented to the airmen. Shows Gen. Chennault.

ARC ID: 38917

Keywords: Airships; Filipinos; Women; World War, 1939-1945; ""Flying Tigers""; Army Air Forces; Byrd, Richard Evelyn, Adm.; Chennault, Claire Lee, Gen.; Christening (Ships) Petroleum--Transportation; California (United States, North and Central America) state; Illinois (United States, North and Central America) state; Maine (United States, North and Central America) state; New Jersey (United States, North and Central America) state; Texas (United States, North and Central America) state; Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. U.S. Marine Corps.; United News

As always, you can view the video here at Google Videos or visit the actual page by clicking on the image to the left.

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