US Rushes New Bases in Pacific 1942

The Women's Army Corps enter full swing in this United News reel from 1942. Also featured is V-mail; Midshipmen graduating from Annapolis, Maryland; and the burning of a Japanese cruiser in the Pacific.

In part 1, equipment and supplies are unloaded. In part 2, Navy nurses model summer uniforms. Women join the Womens Army Corps (WAC); shows the WAC Col. Oveta C. Hobby. Women dispatch carriers ride motorcycles. Part 3 shows a track meet at Madison Square Garden. Part 4 shows how V-mail is handled. In part 5, a Japanese cruiser burns during a naval fight near Midway. Adm. Nimitz presents decorations. Bombers are manufactured. Midshipmen graduate and parade at Annapolis.
U.S. Rushes New Bases in Pacific, 1942

CREATED BY
Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945)

REPOSITORY:
Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.

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SUBJECTS
Air bases
World War, 1939-1945
Army Postal service
Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Naval Personnel. U.S. Naval Academy. (09/1947 -1971 )
United News Company, Producer
New York City

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