Operations aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier, USS Essex (CVA-9) during amphibious deployment of U.S. Marines to Beirut, Lebanon, in 1958. Sailor writes information on plexiglass board as he receives it through headset earphones. Sailors monitor radar scopes. Room is dimly lit and light reflects off their faces as they receive information and converse on interphone. Radar man, holds mike and speaks a while monitoring scope. Navigator plots positions on a navigation chart in chart room aboard the USS Essex. Chart and notes indicate the ship's position in the Mediterranean, as 270 miles from Nicosia, Cyprus, and 480 miles from Beirut, Lebanon. (Note on chart states that flight over Cyprus is prohibited.)
United States intervention in the Lebanon Crisis. U.S. Marines reaching the coastline of Lebanon. The Marines climb out of rafts. People watching the Marines. U.S. bomber aircraft in flight. Lebanese people on a beach. U.S. Marines unloading ammunition from the rafts. The Marines holding guns moving into the city of Beirut. The Marines guarding Beirut International Airport. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower during a speech says that U.S. intervention could have serious effects. He says that the United States is neither looking for any material gain nor has it any emotional hostility against any government. The sole aim is the preservation of independence of every state. Several aircraft on an airfield. U.S. 2nd Marine Division enplaning at Cherry Point in North Carolina, U.S. Soldiers holding equipment beside the aircraft. The soldiers walking in columns. Several aircraft on the airfield. U.S. Army airborne troops beside the aircraft. The troops getting into the aircraft. Airborne troops from Germany at Adena air base in Turkey. British paratroops from Cyprus boarding aircraft bound for Jordan. A Royal Air Force aircraft takes off. U.S. aircraft carrier USS Leyte in a harbor. Supplies carried on cranes. U.S. sailors speaking over telephones in phone boxes. Sailors holding cartons moving on a ramp to a vessel. Officials at the United Nations building during a meeting. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Henry Cabot Lodge speaking into a microphone. Officials beside the Ambassador. The Ambassador calls for decisive action by the UN and says U.S. Marines will be withdrawn in accordance with the UN action.
United States attack aircraft A4C Skyhawk in flight over Beirut Harbor in Lebanon. A pilot seated in the cockpit. Aerial view of the buildings and the Beirut Harbor. Ships in water near the Beirut Harbor.
Unites States forces in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanese crisis. A Lebanese soldier on guard at Beirut International Airport. Soldier on guard as a car drives past in the background. The airport administration building and control tower. Sign on the airport main terminal building reads 'Beirut International Airport'.
U.S. Army officers and soldiers in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanon Crisis. Two U.S. Army officers in a woody terrain. The officers standing beside an army vehicle. They talk and shake hands. A soldier unloads boxes from an army jeep. Another soldier on the jeep. A soldier stacking the boxes outside a tent. Several tents in the background. The soldier checks the labels on the boxes and covers them with a tarpaulin. A helicopter in a low flight preparing to land on a muddy ground. The helicopter lands. Several buildings in the background and hills in the far background.
The U.S. Army Chaplain Corps in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanon Crisis. U.S. Army soldiers walking through several trees. The soldiers in a tent area. A Red Cross sign on one of the tents. A soldier comes out of a tent. U.S. Army Chaplain Corps insignia on a soldier's hat. A few soldiers standing beside the tents. One of the soldiers writing in a note pad. Several tents among trees in view. The soldiers beside the tents. They are talking. One of the soldiers beside a tent leafing through a small notebook and shows it to another corp.