View of the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon, in the United States, during the Vietnam War. Names of the war heroes in the hall. Nameplates of the war heroes of each historical conflict on the wall. Names of the soldiers and officers who served the best in the wars. Names under the nameplates reading: 'Interim Period (1866-1870)', 'Korean Campaign (1871)', 'Interim Period (1871-1898)'. Other nameplates read: 'War with Spain (1898)', 'Philippine insurrection (1899-1913)', 'China Relief Expedition-Boxer Rebellion (1900)'. Several other conflicts mentioned in the hall. Other nameplates read: 'World War I (1917-1918)', 'Haitian Campaign (1919-1920), 'Second Nicaraguan Campaign (1925)', 'Word War II (1941-1945) and 'Vietnam (1964-Present).
The Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon in the United States. Replicas of three medals in the hall. Nameplates of the war heroes of each historical conflict on the wall. Names of the soldiers and officers who served the best in the wars. Names under the nameplates reading: 'Civil War (1861-1865), 'Indian Campaign (1861-1898)'. Other nameplates read: 'Philippine Insurrection (1899-1913)', 'China Relief Expedition-Boxer Rebellion (1900)' and 'Vietnam (1964-Present)'. (Vietnam War period).
Lockheed U-2D aircraft, number 56-6695, of the U.S. Air Force 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, taxis to runway at McCoy Air Force Base, Orlando, Florida, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Airmen remove Pogo wheels from wing tips of U2. Aircraft takes off and climbs rapidly in nose high attitude. The U-2 in flight. (Note: U-2D, number 56-6695 Crashed on 7 July 1964 near Fujian, China while monitoring supply routes from China to North Vietnam.)
Ordinance being moved to the flight deck of the Aircraft Carrier, USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) during re-enactment of the Gulf of Tonkin incident, that occurred 2-5 August, 1964. A 1000 pound bomb arrives at the flight deck on an elevator. T. L. Billingsly pulls the bomb from the bomb elevator on a small bomb cart. J. E. Danial unloads rockets from the elevator on a trailer. 250 pound fragmentation bombs come up on the elevator, a handle is attached to a small cart. Three of the bombs are pulled off. A 1000 pound bomb comes up the elevator to the flight deck level. R. A. Eggan pulls the bomb from the elevator onto the flight deck.
Reconstruction of events that took place during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, August 2-5,1964. USS Ticonderoga underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. An aircraft parked on the flight deck of the ship. Ordnance men work on the aircraft. They load bombs in the wings section. The airplane taxis and takes off from the flight deck. Superstructure of the ship.
Re-enactment of events that took place during 2-5 August, 1964, in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. A U.S. ship underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. A sailor loads shells into a 3 inch gun. The gun commences rapid fire, stops and commences firing again. A pointer raises and lowers the twin three inch guns. Two crew members at a gun mount as the gun points. The gun mount rotates and stops. The gun mount manned by the gun crew.