United News, Release 11-16 (1942) MARINES BATTLE JAPANESE, BRAZIL AT WAR WITH NAZIS

From of the United News collection, a World War II news series created to boost morale at home and abroad.

U.S. AND CANADA PUSH STRATEGIC ALASKA HIGHWAY,1943: 1. Tractors and bulldozers clear forests in Canada for the Alcan Highway. 2. Speed boats in California. 3. A transport plane is tested. 4. Dutch Marines man coastal guns at Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. 5. U.S. Troops presented in a Detroit arena. 6. Aerial gunners in an air show. 7. Australian pilots test planes in New Guinea.

U.S. MARINES BATTLE JAPANESE IN PACIFIC!,1942: 1. Marines train in the U.S. And set up an operations post in the Pacific. Adm. Byrd. 2. Women make dirigibles; a pipe line is laid from Texas to Illinois; ships are launched in Maine; children camp in New Jersey. 3. Philippine soldiers train in California. 4. The "Flying Tigers" in China become part of the Army Air Forces. Wings and insignias are presented to the airmen. Gen. Chennault.

BRAZIL AT WAR WITH THE NAZIS,1942: 1. Crowds mass the streets of Rio de Janeiro as war is declared. Presidents Roosevelt and Vargas meet. Lend-lease military equipment is unloaded from ships. Brazilian pilots fly trainer planes to Brazil from the U.S. Brazilian ships and airplanes patrolling the coast. 2. Various USO scenes. 3. U.S. Troops land in India. Military equipment is unloaded. 4. P-40 planes take off from carriers enroute to U.S. Fields in the Pacific.

EVERYBODY JOINS U.S. WAR EFFORT,1942: 1. Celebrities in military service (Jackie Coogan, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Clark Gable, Joe Louis, Assoc. Justice Frank Murphy, Tyrone Power, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., James Roosevelt, and James Stewart) and film entertainers on war bond tours (including James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Bing Crosby, Irene Dunne, Greer Garson, and Heddy Lamar). Scenes of Hollywood and Washington, D.C. 2. Antiaircraft guns manufactured. 3. The Royal Air Force bombs France and Germany.

WORLD STUDENTS CONVENE IN U.S.,1942: 1. President Roosevelt addresses students in Washington, DC. 2. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mrs. Henry Wallace witness the launching of the USS Iowa. 3. Veterinarians inspect drafted dogs. 4. Navy torpedo boats tested. 5. President is inaugurated in Dominican Republic. 6. Marines land in the Solomon Islands behind naval bombardment.

U.S. TROOPS ON ALASKAN FRONT,1942: 1. U.S. Reinforcements land on Attu Island. "Flying Tigers" prepare for a mission. 2. A large crowd prays for the armed forces. 3. Paratroops in the jungles of Panama. 4. An ice carnival in New York City. 5. Ceremonies as a ship crosses the equator and gunnery practice. 6. U.S. Troops honor Brazil in a Washington, D.C. Parade.

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