At dockside, Oakland, California, where troops & equipment crowd aboard transports headed for the Far East, Americans witness a scene that sharply recalls the frantic pace of past wars. Young men & millions of tons of equipment getting ready once more to look into the face of combat. LS docked military freighter. Traveling shot of military trucks parked by port. Panning TLS security guard walking by several armored personnel carriers (APC) parked on port. Traveling shot troop transport trucks (lorries) parked on dock. TLS Jeeps on dock. Panning MS U.S. Army soldiers leaning from train slowly pulling into station. TLS/MS - U.S. Army soldiers getting off train. TLS soldiers milling about, some huffing duffel bags. MS Army nurses dispensing refreshments to Caucasian & African-American soldiers on docks. MS soldiers carrying duffel bags, walking past cam. LS/TLS soldiers filing onto transport ship. TLS soldiers milling about on deck. Side view MS old Army Master Sergeant looking at paper below deck. Rear view shot of three Women's Army Corps (WAC) soldiers - one African American, two Caucasian - talking at railing on deck. LS foggy Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay. LS transport sailing, tilt up to Golden Gate Bridge. LS transport ship sailing.