Contains wartime film footage chronicling the air, land, and naval engagements following Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and until the defeat of Japan in 1945.

Title from container. "American honor."

Disc 1.The Pacific in eruption -- Awakening in the Pacific -- The rise of the Japanese empire -- America goes to war in the Pacific -- The U.S. and the Philippines -- The navy holds-1942 -- Guadalcanal: America's first offensive -- War in the north: the Aleutians -- Attack in the central Pacific: Makin and Tarawa -- The war at sea -- The road back: New Guinea -- Up the Solomon's ladder: Bougainville. -- Disc 2. Speeding up the attack: the Marshalls -- Stepping stones to the Philippines -- Palau: the fight for Bloody Nose Ridge -- MacArthur returns to the Philippines -- Battle for the Marianas -- The war in the China-Burma-India theater -- Bloody Iwo -- At Japan's doorstep: Okinawa -- The air war on Japan -- The surrender and occupation of Japan -- Shifting tides in the Orient -- War in Korea.