 Vargas arrives to review the growing strength of the nation's modern army, pre-units rumbling through the streets of the capital, crack divisions mobilized for duty overseas, familiar sight. Replacing men in war industries, these wives and sisters of soldiers overseas are playing an increasingly important role in helping the United Nations win the war. Hot rivets with all the skill of veterans, these girls are helping Canada turn out 10,000 ton victory ships, or tin smiths covering a ship's ventilator. They know their job, force replacement base, the wax, as they're called, service ground crews, service motors, repair ships, serving wherever they're needed, aviation cadets. Today they climax a 12 week basic training course with a six mile foot race across the open country. Preca's future birdmen must pass before they can win their wings. Tomorrow they'll fly the plane, but today they must first use their legs. Picture stars arrive in Washington to aid in the nation's campaign to sell war bonds. Riding in army cars, the celebrities parade through the streets of the capital, known to cinema fans all over the world, gather to cheer their favorites. Purple marks, and the slogan is back the attack in government bonds to win the war. Visit United States based hospitals in the South Pacific. Popular wherever she goes, the president's wife is the subject of many a camera snapshot. Mrs. Roosevelt's presence in Australia and New Zealand serves as a tonic and an inspiration to wounded American soldiers convalescing thousands of miles from home. The biggest force of Lieutenant General Mark Clark strikes for the North, even as Montgomery's Eighth Army rolls virtually unopposed through the South. Ships extending over a thousand square miles of the Taranian Sea, eight occupies the boot of Italy. As Montgomery plunges Northward to join the Americans, Clark's forces strike for Salerno. Italian study relief maps of the Italian coast. Every mountain and every valley is memorized as they steam for Salerno. Tharmy swarms ashore. Under attack from German batteries and placed in the hills, they dig in, establish their beach head, and fight back. This initial thrust into metropolitan Italy, reinforced on schedule. Burns of surrender carried out the greatest naval victory of the war. Today,