This episode of the Army Navy Screen Magazine features three segments. The first TWENTY SEVEN SOLDIERS shows the various ethnicities and nations making up the Allied Army. The second is a profile of the AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE which provides medical care and transportation in support of the British. The third BY REQUEST features the city of Chicago as well as a song sung by Carol Bruce.

Designed to promote racial harmony and understanding in wartime, TWENTY SEVEN SOLDIERS shows the cooperation between twenty seven different nations and ethnicities to defeat the Axis in Italy. Road signs are shown in some of the 12 languages used by Allied armies at the front, and many wonderful shots of American, British, Indian, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, Free French, Free Yugoslavs, Free Dutch, Free Polish, and other armies. Soldiers from many different nations are seen with jeeps, and with different types of food ranging from corn beef hash to spaghetti. Different faiths are also shown at the front lines. The question is asked, how did they all get welded into one fighting force?

During WWII, American men who weren’t deemed fit for service in the U.S. Armed Forces would sometimes sign up with the American Field Service. Volunteers would see action as litter bearers and ambulance drivers, just as Americans like Earnest Hemingway had during World War I.This short shows the many places that the AFS sent its volunteers. Including Burma, where they encountered elephants and underdeveloped villages. They built defenses with British soldiers, and were attacked by the Japanese just like their British counterparts.

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