U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson presents the Medal of Honor to a U.S. soldier in Virginia, United States for his services in the Vietnam War. Four Medal of Honor winners stand on a platform in the inner court of the Pentagon with President Lyndon Johnson during a Hall of Heroes ceremony. U.S. Secretary of Army Stanley Resor reads a citation. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle Wheeler stands in the background. President Johnson places a Medal of Honor around the neck of U.S. Army Specialist 5 Charles Hagemeister and shakes hands with him. Newsmen in the foreground record the event.
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson presents Medals of Honor to a U.S. Navy sailor and a U.S. Marine at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States for their service in the Vietnam War. U.S. Secretary of Navy Paul Ignatius reads a citation from a podium in the inner court of the Pentagon during a Hall of Heroes ceremony. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle Wheeler stands in the background. President Johnson places the Medal of Honor around the neck of U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Richard Pittman. Secretary Ignatius reads a citation. U.S. Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford and General Wheeler stand in the background. President Johnson places the Medal of Honor around the neck of U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate First Class James Williams.
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson presents Medals of Honor to U.S. Army men at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States for their services in the Vietnam War. U.S. Under Secretary of the Air Force Townsend Hoopes reads a citation at a microphones in the inner court of the Pentagon. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle Wheeler and U.S. Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford stand in the background. President Johnson places the Medal of Honor around the neck of U.S. Air Force Captain Gerald O. Young. The President talks and poses for pictures with four men who won the Medal of Honor including U.S. Army Specialist 5 Charles Hagemeister, U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Richard Pittman, U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate First Class James Williams and U.S. Air Force Captain Gerald Young. President Johnson and Secretary Clifford walk through the crowd and greet the families of men who won the Medal of Honor.
The opening of the Grand Ole Opry house in Nashville, Tennessee. U.S. President Richard Nixon present with his wife at the ceremony. Nixon addresses the people. He talks about the American music. He states that the country music has a magnificent appeal all across the country. He talks about some of the Hollywood stars, singing some of the more modern music that is hard to understand. He also talks about some of the men who served the United States in Vietnam and were prisoners of war. They were being entertained at the White House. They had been in prison for more than 6 years. He further states that the American music talks about family, it talks about religion, the faith in God that is very important to the country and particularly to the family life. He says that the country music radiates a love of the Nation, patriotism. People applaud as he ends his speech.
During the Vietnam War, airmen are seen lifting a Night Observation Device (NOD) or Starlite Scope, into an AC-130 Gunship. Closeup of airman's hand fastening cable connection and sleeve, to install it. Views of two airmen connecting additional cables as part of the installation. One of the airmen seated at the controls rotates the unit around and checks its vertical motions. He tightens two connections and then steps away from the unit.
Crew of a U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) aerial refueling KC-135 tanker aircraft stand on a stage. They stand at attention as a Lieutenant Colonel at a podium reads the citation accompanying their award , in recognition of a unique refueling mission they performed during the Vietnam War. The crew members are Major John H. Casteel, Aircraft Commander; Captain Richard L. Trail, Pilot; Captain Dean L. Hoar, Navigator; and Master Sergeant Nathan C. Campbell, Boom Operator. During Operation "Daisy Chain," they performed the first ever three-level aerial refueling operation that saved six carrier-based U.S. Navy aircraft critically low on fuel, over the Gulf of Tonkin. Each crew member is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by SAC Commander in Chief. General Joseph J. Nazzaro. Closeup of the medal on Sergeant Campbell.