Global War Finds United Nations on Many Fronts 1944

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SUMMARY
Part 1, allied troops fight in New Guinea, in the Italian Alps, and at Anzio. German prisoners of war receive medical care. Nurses arrive, tend the wounded, eat, and draw equipment. Part 2, in a practice rescue, a doctor reaches a soldier by parachute and dog sled. Part 3, Italian naval cadets train on a sailing vessel. Part 4, rockets are used as practice targets for antiaircraft gunners. Part 5, U.S. and British sailors on leave play winter games. Part 6, Mrs. Doolittle christens the aircraft carrier Shangri-La. Flashbacks show B-25's taking off from the Hornet to bomb Japan. President Roosevelt decorates Gen. Doolittle.

Transcript (PDF): http://archives.gov/social-media/transcripts/transcript-global-war-finds-united-nations-many-fronts-39000.pdf

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)

SUBJECT
* Air warfare
* Aircraft carriers
* Dogs
* German prisoners of war
* Gunnery
* Naval art and science
* Rockets (Aeronautics)
* Sailing
* Winter sports
* World War, 1939-1945
* Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993
* Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
* Italy. Marina

For more information: http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=39000

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