Aircraft Carrier, USS Oriskany (CVA-34) extinguishing of fire resulting from accidental igniting of flares below the flight deck. Sailors on sponson deck begin recovery and cleanup after extinguishing the fire. Water from fire hose is discharging overboard. Sailors begin retrieving fire hoses. View of fire-damaged areas. Sailors begin cleanup of hangar space beneath the flight deck. Above, cleanup begins. Sailors move bombs on wheeled cradles
Fire aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Oriskany (CVA-34) from accident with flares. Latter stages of fire, with smoke still rising slightly on flight deck and from forward area starboard, below the flight deck. Sailors standing on flight deck with fire hoses laying all over the deck area. Man looks down the edge of the deck area. Firefighters donning Oxygen Breathing Apparatus (OBA) standing in the Sponson deck. They check each others equipment and prepare to enter the area of lingering fire. Smoke emerging from that area below the flight deck.
United States President Richard Nixon departs from West Berlin, Germany, during his official visit to Europe. People wave at President Nixon from apartment windows. President Nixon's motorcade drives on crowded roads in West Berlin and reaches the Charlottenburg Palace (Spandauer Damm 10-22, 14059 Berlin, Germany). Gate of the Charlottenburg palace. Equestrian statue of Frederick Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, on the grounds of the Charlottenburg Palace. Civilians gathered greet him and raise banner to welcome President Nixon. Sign read as “Richard Nixon Ein wirklich Berliner” (“Richard Nixon a real Berliner” in English). View of the Siemens factory in West Berlin.
United States Air Force and Thai Air Force personnel at a parade as an official reviews the parade at Udorn Air Force base in Thailand. Base commander presented American flag. American and Thai flags raised at the ceremony.
B-52 D planes in revetments at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base. B-52 D planes taxiing out from revetments. Various views of B-52 Ds taxiing out.
South Vietnamese evacuating during the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese. USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) maneuvering off shore. Flotilla of small Vietnamese boats carrying evacuees approach the Blue Ridge. U.S. Navy sailors take lines from the boats and held evacuees to board the Blue Ridge.
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