Rocket barrage fired from Wolmi-Do Island towards Inchon in Korea (also spelled Incheon). Silhouette of destroyer. U.S. Marines in combat gear tying an American flag to a weather vane in a town. Marines pose near it. Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines and 1st Division raise first American flag in Inchon during Korean War.
Celebes, Netherlands East Indies (NEI). Air-Sea Rescue June 11, 1945. View from low flying aircraft of a 13th Air Force B-24 ditched in Japanese-controlled waters off the coast of Celebes, NEI. A Catalina PBY flying boat of the Jungle Air Force's 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron, lands and picks up the B-24 crew. However, as it takes off on the water, it founders and crashes, killing three men. An accompanying PBY lands immediately and picks up all survivors who are aboard a rubber raft. Crew members on the wing of the PBY, help survivors aboard.
Allied invasion of Iheya Jima, Japan during World War II. Allied ships underway off the coast of Iheya Jima, Japan with United States 2nd Marine Division. Convoy of Allied ships underway. Naval gun in the foreground. Convoy consists of transport ships, Landing Ship Tanks underway.
Allied invasion of Iheya Jima, Japan during World War II. Allied landing crafts and ships at the harbor. A destroyer fires at the beach. United States 2nd Marine Division troops loaded in LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) underway at sea. Landing craft move towards the beach. An Allied plane lays a smoke screen. Landing craft in the foreground.
Sketch of 1909 aircraft that Louis Bleriot flew across the English Channel. Progressive views of airplanes from earliest to formations of B-52 bombers in flight. Picture of Air Force Five Star General Henry (Hap) Arnold. Views of Wright Flyer being pulled into a field and readied and launched with Orville Wright at the controls. Two DeHavilland DH4 airplanes in formation as wing walker climbs from wing of one to wing of the other. (Wing walker wears emblem of black cat and number 13, on his shirt.) Drawing of Wright flyer airplane with various parts labeled by Lieutenant Arnold. Letter, dated 13, May, 1911, from 2nd Lieutenant Henry Arnold, of the 24th Infantry, to Chief Signal Officer of the U.S. Army, reporting on his progress at the Wright flying school in Dayton, Ohio. First pilot's badge (wings) earned by Lieutenant Arnold. President Wilson at inauguration of airmail service, from Washington, DC.
MAAG (Military Assistance and Advisory Group) Mission in Thmar-Pich, Cambodia. Major Etchemendy, U.S. Army MAAG arrives in jeep at 2nd Artillery Battery in Thmar-Pich for inspection. U.S. officer and Royal Khmer officer watch as Cambodian soldiers operate 105 mm Howitzer. Battery of the Howitzer. Sign board over gateway post.
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