Views of the U.S. Army Air Forces fair hosted at Wright Field, near Dayton, Ohio, in October, 1945.The highlights of the event were exhibits of captured German and Japanese aircraft, rockets, and equipment. A German V-2 Rocket Motor on display. Soldiers observe the rocket. A German Junkers Ju 388 Störtebeker multi-role aircraft on display. A German Messerschmitt ME-262 Schwalbe fighter on display. A German pilot's victories recorded on the side of a plane. Two soldiers take a look at a Japanese Kamikaze bomb. One of them gets into the bomb seat. American officers and soldiers view the exhibits. 'Alles Kaputt' written on the side of a German Junkers Ju-290 bomber (one of the candidate aircraft, with further development, in Germany's Amerika Bomber project for a long-range bomber capable of striking the United States). Soldiers walk under the plane. 'Transient Aircraft' written on the control tower building in the background. (World War II period).
United States soldiers demonstrate individual concealment and camouflage during World War 2. A soldier walking in the forest. He stands and surveys the surroundings. He is hot. Soldier during individual concealment at the bivouac area. A soldier camouflages his helmet. He places a strong rubber band around the helmet and hooks it in place. He sticks leaves and a few branches into the rubber band. The supervising officer corrects the soldier about too much foliage. Two soldiers paint faded equipment and bottles to blend with the terrain. They use dark olive green paint with an issue die. They darken every portion carefully. A soldier blackens his face, neck and hands with mud. Soldiers in camouflage line up in preparation for an attack. An officer inspects their camouflage. The soldiers advance.
World War 2 United States soldiers demonstrate individual concealment and camouflage. Soldiers advance under individual concealment. They walk on a dirt road with grass and flowers on wither side. They walk such that their shadows are thrown off road. An enemy air observer amidst the clouds in the sky. The soldiers are spotted, they jump into the trees by the road. They take cover in a thickly wooded area. Soldiers in camouflage with guns. Guns fired. Soldier in prone position fires. A soldier takes cover in a slight depression in the ground and works his way forward. They spread out and advance. Run among long dry grass in groups. Soldiers take cover, camouflage themselves and lie low among bushes, trees and other foliage. An observer emerges from behind a hill and runs. A soldier in prone position fires. Another one runs and takes cover in a shell hole. Soldiers use trees and their shadows for camouflage. One looks over a bush. Enemy fire. Soldier observes through a bush. Soldiers run out from behind a bush amidst enemy fire. They move across an open stretch in. A soldier runs, hits the ground and throws a grenade. One looks through binoculars to survey the surroundings.
German prisoners of war led away by the U.S. soldiers capturing Coblenz during World War 2. German soldiers come out of a gate with their hands raised followed by an American soldier. German soldiers led away. U.S. soldiers try to break down a door. A German lady comes out of a building and a U.S. soldier points out the way to her. A soldier enters the police headquarters at Coblenz. German prisoners of war led away by United States soldiers. A German soldier with a paper in his hand. German soldiers walking and seated with their hands above their heads. American soldiers smiling.
War destroyed buildings of Koblenz, Germany during World War 2 (sometimes spelled Coblenz). A lone soldier walks through deserted streets. Destroyed buildings and rubble everywhere. A dead soldier lies on the street. Aerial view of city showing damaged buildings and statues. Desolate and deserted streets. A equestrian statue of the Emperor Wilhelm I is shown toppled over, with the entire equestrian statue on its side.
United States airlift of Vietnamese refugees during the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam war, in April and May 1975. Vietnamese refugees clog roads as the walk south carrying their possessions. Some are seen leaving buses and boarding by the rear ramp of a U.S. Air Force C-141 aircraft of the Military Airlift Command (MAC), at Tan Son Nhut airfield (Than Son Nhat International Airport, Trường Sơn, Phường 2, Tân Bình, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam. Numerous boats arriving at southern port in Vietnam, carrying refugees. A MAC C-141 taking off with refugees, behind a Pan American World Airways, Boeing 747 jet airplane transport, contracted by MAC to provide additional airlift. A U.S. airman assisting refugees in the airport lounge. Glimpse of a MAC C-141 in flight. Refugees crowded, sitting on the floors, in the airport in the airport terminal.
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