 in the Pacific mounts more American men and equipment are thrown into the struggle. For some fliers the trip home is not easy. Here American fliers are pulled out of the Pacific waters by a surfaced American submarine. The submarine Tang rescues 22 men after they have successfully raided a Jap-held island. Before long they'll be back at their bases ready to continue pounding the enemy. The plane is not as lucky. To save allied secrets a few shells send it on its last mission for the cause of liberty to all civilization. Unarmed people are targets of the inhuman Nazi robot but American gun crews in Belgium are now fighting back. Allied soldiers rush in to save trapped families. This is war against civilians behind the lines against women and children in cities far from the front. This is the Nazi pattern of warfare against the world to fight to the enemy. Think in the steadily increasing push deeper and deeper into enemy territory gasoline flows to our fighting men. Into Africa on the heels of the 1942 landings went 1200 miles of portable pipeline. Today every front receives 90% of the gasoline it uses through four and six inch pipelines running from seacoast ports to fighting lines. Since D-Day portable pipelines like these have handled as many as 1,500,000 gallons of gasoline a day. Damage by enemy action has been negligible. 99% of the gasoline has gotten through. American fighting men patrol the lines checking and inspecting them constantly. Now spread out over the continent millions more gallons are stored ready for battle. Ready to do its part in the total defeat of the enemy? Germany at Western Front. Allied forces jab from the north and south against Nazi counter thrust in the middle salient. Here in the north mud sets the pace for the American 9th Army pushing deeper into Germany and winter rules the battlefield. Any sign of life is startling in this desolation. Only big guns belong here. Talks again. American machine gunners spray a hail of bullets but an American tank is caught. Casualties reach a quarter of a million between D-Day and this December on the Western Front. Nazi losses soared to over a million men since the Allied landings on Norman Bay. The Reich is pitting all of its strength against the Allies but the American 9th Army spearhead swings further into Germany. Christmas comes in the midst of winter war along the Western Front. The young Americans on the firing line the mail brings welcome tidings from 3,000 miles away. Goodies come from home too. St. Nicholas jogs into Luxembourg in an American jeep. The Nazis returned in 1944. It wins every child's heart. Santa Claus's aides are American fighting men but their best gift to the children has been liberation. American soldiers bring the first bit of Christmas cheer since 1940 to these children. This Noel is sweet. Sweet with liberty and friendship and many good things. To get full bags of goodies is fun. Lots of fun and just as much fun for their American soldier friends. The children sing at the Christmas fete given by the American 9th Air Force.