 A battle fleet of the United States Navy, steaming through the South Pacific toward Japanese-held bases in the Solomon Islands. Beginning of a combined sea, land and air offensive by General MacArthur. Scouting planes are sent aloft as the force comes within range of Japanese positions. American warships clear decks for action. Gunners are at battle stations. Sunset is the signal for attack. Some of the crew finds relaxation in games played on deck. While others swab guns and salvage shell cases to prepare for new attacks. Typical of those on which American forces are fighting, Marines land supplies, munitions, oil drums to establish air bases for further blows upon the Japs. Palm trees of this tropical paradise, lookouts are constantly on the alert for enemy aircraft. Well concealed by natural foliage, Marine pilots keep their planes ready to go aloft on a moment's notice. Guns command the beaches against attack from the sea. General MacArthur's combined forces are pushing northward in the South Pacific. He's first and only paratroop pod ray. In camp he serves at the altar. And when the Marines go aloft, the pod ray goes with his men. A Lieutenant Commander, he volunteered and has completed the rigorous air training course like any enlisted man. Graduation jump, the class gives the pod ray the honor of bailing out first. Diving into space from only 500 feet up, the paratroopers rehearse tactics similar to those employed by United Nations forces in the invasion of Sicily. Now the flying pod ray receives the silver wings of a full fledged Marine paratrooper. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, with the little princesses Irene and Beatrix, attends the baptism of her third granddaughter, the five months old infant of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhardt, the royal family of one of the United Nations. The chaplain of the Netherlands Merchant Marine performs the ceremony according to the ritual of the Netherlands Reformed Church. Canada's Governor-General in uniform represents Britain's Queen Mary, one of the child's godparents. In the arms of her mother, the infant is the first Netherlands princess born in the Western Hemisphere. How the father, Prince Bernhardt, takes his part in the ceremony. Baby is christened Marguerite Francesca, newest member of the House of Orange. Friends Atlantic glider, given the African name of Voodoo, is loaded to cross the Atlantic. Its lone pilot is an RAF squadron leader. Among its cargo is the first glider ever destined to span the Atlantic in a glider. Carrying one and a half tons of war material, including medical supplies and machine parts for aircraft factories in England, the Voodoo takes off towed by a twin engine transport, the first transatlantic freight train of the skies. Transport and glider landed safely at a British airport, 3,500 miles, forerunner of a regular service of air trains that may span the Atlantic in days to come. In Washington, an Army transport plane arrives from North Africa, bringing the French General Henri-Enore Girot on a military mission to the American capital. Admiral Lehi, once ambassador to France. General Marshall, United States Chief of Staff, and high-ranking officers of the United Nations, welcome the leader, who, with General de Gaulle, heads the French Committee of National Liberation. With Admiral Lehi, General Girot goes to the White House for important conferences on military subjects with President Roosevelt and other Allied officers. General Girot and President Roosevelt meet again, the first time since that now history-making conference at Casablanca. It's the General's first trip to America. Storic shrines, General Girot visits Mount Vernon, where he places a wreath upon the tomb of George Washington, America's first president. The five stars of a full general salutes the father of American liberty. The general pays tribute to America's unknown soldier, a soldier who, as an ally of France, died in the last war upon the battlefields of France. Today, General Girot, as co-leader of 300,000 fighting men, pledges that his troops will fight side-by-side with the Allies for the liberation of Europe and to final victory in the Pacific.