A film about aerospace medical evacuation and first aid operations for injured soldiers during the Vietnam War. Major Lolo Ball boards United States Air Force C-141 aircraft at an airport in Philippines to carry the wounded soldiers to their homes. She talks to other medics aboard the aircraft. She talks to wounded soldiers and instructs them about the precautions to be taken aboard the plane.
A film about aerospace medical evacuation and first aid operations for injured soldiers during the Vietnam War. Wounded American soldiers sleep in beds aboard U.S. Air Force C-141 aircraft. A soldier buttons up his shirt. Another soldier lying in bed as he talks about his injury. Nurses tend patients. A nurse gives a massage to a soldier. Pilot at controls in the cockpit. Aircraft lands and nurses get off the plane.
Activities during Vietnamese refugee Operation New Life and Operation New Arrival in the United States at the end of the Vietnam War. American Airlines passenger airplane parked at the Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania. '747 Luxury liner' and 'American' written on the airplane. People gather at the airport to greet the Vietnamese refugees. A child holds a board which reads: 'May you have peace, love, joy'. Another child holds a sign: 'Welcome to America'. Refugees debark from the airplane. Military personnel and civilian officials stand in the foreground. A baby in a stroller. Pennsylvania State Police stand at the airport. Refugees being interviewed at the airport. Refugees stand among the spectators. Vietnamese woman crying. Refugees board buses which will take them to Fort Indiantown Gap.
Operation New Life and Operation New Arrival in the United States at the end of the Vietnam War. A building in a receiving area of Fort Indiantown Gap (FIG) near Jonestown, Pennsylvania. A sign board near the building reads: 'US Army Task Force New Arrivals Receiving Station'. Members of the 401st Personnel Service Company lining up in formation. Troops and Women's Army Corps (WACs) enter the building to prepare for the arrival of Vietnamese refugees. Members being briefed by an officer. Officer explains the use of paper forms. Soldiers and WACs listen. Officer addresses them. Members look at the forms. I believe the date this was shot was in late April we were there to stock all of the building before the refugees arrived. These solders and WACs were flown in from Ft. Carson. That day the fort was nearly a banded maybe 25 regular stationed there until our plane landed. We stocked every barracks with everything from tooth brushes, toilet paper to sheet and blankets. In a couple weeks we changed a ghost town into a town of about 30,000 people. I was in the second platoon front line next to the shortest WACs in the army.
French Douglas A-26 Invader twin engine bombers hit Indochina (Vietnam). An A-26 taxis on an air strip. The bomber takes off. Men work on an aircraft. A pilot sits in the cockpit. 'BC-828' written on one bomber and "BC-831 on another. Aircraft in flight. Bombs are dropped. Explosions on the ground. The aircraft parked on the airstrip.
USS Coral Sea (CV-43) returns to San Francisco from the Vietnam War. Sailors aboard USS Coral Sea. A crowd cheers on a dock. Relatives and friends welcome the crew members of USS Coral Sea and greet them as they arrive. A sailor kisses a woman after disembarking.
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