May & June 1942 Newsreel: WACs; Navy Nurses; V-Mail; Battle of Midway

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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from May & June 1942 U.S. Rushes New Bases in Pacific New Roles for Women in War! Sport Fans Hail Big Athletic Meet [June 1942 American Athletic Union (AAU)] Soldiers Get Mail Via Movie Film U.S. Victory at Midway Filmed Under Fire National Archives description "Part 1, equipment and supplies are unloaded. Part 2, Navy nurses model summer uniforms. Women join the 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. Part 5, a Japanese cruiser burns during a naval fight near Midway. Adm. Nimitz presents decorations [Doris Miller: May 27, 1942] Bombers are manufactured. Midshipmen graduate [Class of 1943: June 19, 1942] and parade at Annapolis." National Archives Identifier: 38909 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks. :)

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Newsreel, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, Midway, Battle Of, 1942, Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, United States. -- Navy Nurse Corps, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, Japanese, Navy Nurse Corps, United States. -- Army -- Women's Army Corps, World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States, United States. Army, Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995, Military Nursing, Rites And Ceremonies, American Athletic Union (AAU), United States Naval Academy, V-mail, Postal Service -- United States -- History, Miller, Doris, 1919-1944, United States. -- Armed Forces -- Postal service

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