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- The U.S. Navy sends the submarine, the USS Stingray, into shallow water within reach of enemy guns to pick up some floating airmen before the Japanese do.
- A young Japanese boy befriends a downed American pilot.
- During the first days of the D day invasion, a group of American officers realize there may be valuable intelligence gained from a captured German bunker. They need a German POW to lead them to the information, but are unsure how far they can really trust the man.
- The captain of a decommissioned battleship reminisces about his experiences at sea.
- A desk-bound officer with a penchant for action gets more than he bargained for when he leads an infantry attack on Normandy.
- A Navy commander tries to outsmart Nazi submarines lying in wait for Allied ships.
- A Navy physical instructor who is anxious for combat service, volunteers for the commandos. He sees his first action during the invasion of Normandy.
- A navy pilot has a bad habit of getting into trouble through his exuberant attitude to flying. Finally after many months and many transfers and encounter justifies his recklessness and redefines the rest of his life.
- A Navy transport plane, en route from Hawaii to the U.S., develops engine trouble. The pilot tries to call for help, but finds that he is unable to make radio contact.
- Combat films highlight the story of the only foreign man-of-war captured by American sailors since the early 19th century.
- A cigar box is Capt. John Laycock's inspiration for a system of unloading men and equipment in shallow water.
- A recent Greek Immigrant joins the navy and struggles to come to grips with life on board ship. When the cruiser he is on is suddenly dispatch to Greece he worries something has gone wrong and Greece is in some kind of war.
- Two Naval officers are assigned to a top-secret mission during World War II. Their destination: the White House.
- A Navy surgeon assumes leadership of the men in a Japanese prison camp.
- While 300 Navy dependents are being transferred by train across the country, a woman gives birth after many complications.
- The crew battles a fire aboard a munitions ship.
- Two pilots crash in the Florida everglades and have to work out how to survive until rescuers can figure out their position.
- A Navy pilot is shot down over the Pacific and parachutes into the jungle. He fights for his life against the elements and the enemy in an attempt to survive.
- Test pilot Bill Bridgeman flies an experimental rocket plane, the Douglas Skyrocket, in low speed tests to remove flaws in the aircraft. Then he is asked to reach the fantastic speed approaching mach two - twice the velocity of sound.
- Greek airmen trying to expel Communist guerrillas are helped by Navy officers.
- A sailor who has been corresponding with a young girl from Long Beach, Ca. thinks he has found true love. But he is devastated when his ship docks in Long Beach for shore leave and she refuses to meet him for reasons unknown to him.
- A sailor is turned into a human bomb by a projectile fired into his body and ready to go off on the latest disturbance.
- When the Seabees first appear on Guadalcanal, with their steam-shovels, cranes and bulldozers, they draw hoots and jeers from the seasoned Marines. But the taunts cease when the Seabees invade a Japanese stronghold.
- A routine air patrol during the Korean War takes a dramatic turn when strange RADAR returns begin to appear. The flight needs to investigate but a whole new war could be at stake if they fail.
- A young doctor, ignoring the taunts of his comrades, struggles to save a critically wounded Japanese soldier.
- A dramatization of the former South Dakota governor's exploits in the Solomon Islands, which won him the Medal of Honor.
- "LST 799" recounts the role of a battle-scarred LST in the landing at Inchon during the Korean War.
- While on a bombing run over Korea, a pilot is blinded and unable to eject from his plane. Other pilots come to his aid, and using old naval traditions keep him conscious for the long flight home.
- The exploits of the commander of a Navy mine sweeper help change the course of the Korean War.
- In the French Mediterranean port of Villefranche, Mama Germaine insists on feeding sailors from the U.S. Sixth Fleet and loaning them money when they need it. Then she learns that a young sailor is dying and needs a rare medicine which the Navy doctors can't locate.
- Lt. Hugh Barr Miller's survival on Arundel Island after his ship, the USS Strong, was sunk by a Japanese submarine in the Battle of Kula Gulf July 5, 1943.
- A typical Trip from Alameda NAS (SF Bay) to Honolul Hawaii, in the Largest flying boat in the world. Hauling a load of cargo and passengers om an average flight of 14-15 hr. During the flight a daisy chain, including an ADM is formed to add oil to one of four engines.
- An ammunition-loaded merchant ship is sabotaged.
- A young man (Bobby Driscoll) wants to be sailor but he has poor eyesight. He gets a waiver for only specialized duty. He becomes a Navy Corpsman.
- A civilian transport pilot breaks his engagement to a Wave because she insists on re-enlisting. Little does he realize that her love for him and her feeling of duty toward her country are not unconnected.
- Six men suspected as foreign agents board a Navy cruiser that is ready to deploy from the port in Brooklyn with the intent of sabotaging the guided missiles on board the ship.
- A young Navy Officer assumes command of a destroyer during heavy action in the Pacific.
- An amputee's wife tries to help him adjust to his disability.
- Crewmen on an aircraft carrier play a practical joke that backfires.
- A marine is held by the Communists. His ransom: an official apology, thousands of dollars and recognition of their government.
- A captain, fighting both the sea and the enemy, tries to get an officer to a meeting in North Africa.
- Four Americans, taken prisoner by the Japanese, plot their escape.
- In the development of atom-powered submarines, a group of volunteers is sealed in a submarine for two months. The medical officer wants to examine the men's physical and mental reactions after being exposed regularly to carbon-dioxide gas.
- Navy airmen try to save themselves from death when they're shot down in the icy waters of the Pacific.
- A unit of Marines is cut off by Korean forces and faces total destruction. A daring plan involving the Army and Navy is formulated in a desperate effort to try and save the men.
- A Navy supply officer is responsible for the delivery of a large amount of cash to a guerrilla leader. But the man who receives the money turns out to be an impostor.
- A Nazi intelligence agent attempts to extract information from a captured American seaman.
- Tells the story of the destruction of the PT109. The crew, led by future US president John F Kennedy, struggles to come up with a survival plan that will help them avoid the numerous Japanese forces in the area.