Flashback Friday: 'The Polar Bear Marines' of WWII

 

This video was published on YouTube on Aug 9, 2015. 

This historic WWII Marine Corps. newsreel shows the activities of the USMC in the early stages of American involvement in the war. The newsreel starts with a segment showing Marines in Iceland keeping an eye out for German aircraft. 

The Marines are also shown parading for relief funds in New York City. The retirement ceremony is shown for Quartermaster Sgt. Frank W. Wright. 

The film ends with President Franklin Roosevelt speaking in front of a joint session of Congress, paying tribute to the USMC and the service of its members on Wake Island, Guam and other Pacific locations attacked by the Japanese.

Source: PeriscopeFilm