U.S. Marines being checked by officers on deck of a transport ship, prior to disembarkation. Sailor operating controls to lower LCVP (Landing craft Vehicle Personnel) from the davit. Boat lowered over the side to transport Marines to the beach at Beirut, Lebanon.
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.)
U.S. Marines dispatched to Beirut, Lebanon, in 1958. LVPT-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) moving in the surf toward the beach and onto it. Ramp dropped and marines disembark in full battle gear. Second LVPT-5 moves up to the beach. Marines disembark on the double. Interior of LVPT-5, ramp lowered and marines move inland and over a sand dune. Lone Marine moves up over a sand dune and he waves to his buddies. Group of marines with rifles over shoulders, moves over the dune.
Honor Guard of UN troops from various nations stand at entrance to the so-called "Peace Pagoda," where negotiations were conducted to end the Korean conflict. U.S. Military Police Officers escort Major General George G. Finch, USAF, Chief negotiator for the U.S. followed by MP officers escorting Lieutenant General, William K. Harrison, Jr. United States Army, Senior Delegate, United Nations Command Delegation, who would sign the truce documents. Separate sequence shows U.S. Army MPs and U.S. Navy Shore Patrol (SP) patrolling streets in Beirut Lebanon, in 1958. MPs talk with a local policeman and point to a map of the Town of Beirut, posted on a wall
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.