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Hosted by John Wayne (in 1978), this film presents definitions of patriotism by US citizens, members of our Armed Forces and returning Vietnam POWs. The voices of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John Kennedy express reasons why American Service members fought and died for their country through the years. Patriotism is alive, well and working in the United States.

One of the famed acts of individual heroism during World War II, when Commander Gilmore, fatally wounded, for the last time from the battle-scarred bridge, commanded, "Take 'er down," bringing about the birth of one of Navy's great traditions. A short film originally directed by John Ford for the Chief of Naval Operations, starring Ward Bond and Ken Curtis, and narrated by Dan Dailey.