Parade for General George S Patton and General Jimmy Doolittle Los Angeles 1945

(1) "Los Angeles: An estimated 2,000,000 Southern Californians wildly cheer General George S. Patton, Jr., and Lt. General Jimmy Doolittle as they pass in triumphant parade. General Doolittle makes an impassioned speech in which he asks the 'home team to continue supplying the goods to the field team' to assure an early victory over Japan." scenes of Patton, Doolittle greeted by 2 million in parade (2) Air Blows Hit Japs On All Fronts - "Strategic bombing comes to the Orient. Huge Yankee bombers dump 300 lb. bombs on Malaybalay on Mindanao, creating huge fires in a concentration of Jap barracks...Medium bombers of the U.S. 10th Air Force drop 500 lb. RDX bombs on Toungoo, ruining this rail junction on the Mandalay-Rangoon line...And Yuncheng, Jap supply base in China, is plastered with 500 lb. incendiary clusters, destroying warehouses and rolling stock." scenes of Rangoon bridge, central Burma, in China (3) RFC Chief Outlines Its Aims - "Washington, DC: Federal Loan Administrator, John W. Snyder, proposes RFC absorption of various subsidiaries, and adds that the disposal of war surpluses is being approached very realistically." scenes of head of Reconstruction Finance Corp. speaks on disposal of government surplus and credit to shift to peacetime production (4) '46 Cars on Way, from Detroit - "Detroit, Mich., Two hand-made '46 model Ford cars roll on their test, exhibition runs. John Q. Citizen will not be able to purchase one for many months due to production clamps and priorities." (5) Reds Mark May Day - "Joseph Stalin reviews gigantic May Day military parade in Red Square, with American and Japanese military observers giving added interest to the proceedings." scenes of parade includes American jeeps, huge new artillery (6) "The Kentucky Derby - Louisville, KY: Excited thousands watch Hoop Junior splash through the mud to cop record purse and give Eddie Arcaro his 3rd Derby win." scenes of Derby Day at Churchill Downs in Kentucky for horse race. (complete newsreel)

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[mrgoodvibrations]

Nice archive video of Patton before he died.

[andrewniles1]

Patton and Doolittle. Cool

[hypernova20]

I wish he was MY grandfather. That would look good on my resume. lol. I love Patton as if he truely was my grandpa. Try reading, War as I Knew it. good book. all about patton

[TheGreenday113]

@andrewniles1 no but i really want to

[andrewniles1]

@TheGreenday113 Have you seen the movie?

[TheGreenday113]

@andrewniles1 awsome story but really he is my great great grand father

[andrewniles1]

@TheGreenday113 Really? That is admirable. My last name is Little. I wonder if I could be related to Doolittle in some way! My mothers father flew 8 missions over Germany as a tail gunner and was shot down. Lucky for me he survived! Or I wouldnt be here : )

[TheGreenday113]

@andrewniles1 patton is my great great grandfather

[dkohler2620]

He lived through WW2 and died of a neck injury in a car accident and died of embolism