Two Down and One to Go

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This is the official Government victory subject, and opens with some quick, kaleidoscopic shots of a celebration purportedly of V-E Day. With use of the most brilliantly animated maps and diagrams yet seen, General Marshall, General Arnold, General Somerville, and the late General McNair take part in explaining the involved system which the Army has set up to take care of its surplus of non-essentials in the readjustment period as we now go all out toward Japan. This involves a system of point ratings dependent upon length of service, length of overseas service, length of combat service, and number of dependents. While this plan of retiring men to civilian life is explained in full, the subject never loses track of the fact that the all important factor is now the all-out concentration on Japan. Interspersed with the speakers and the maps are library shots of action in various theatres of war, used to emphasize certain points. The subject closes with a stirring rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner."