A U.S. Army 1st Signal Brigade soldier operates a machine at the Regional Communications Center in Phu Lam, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The soldier operates an autodin ASC-2 simulator. He monitors the circuit for distortion. He presses some buttons of the simulator. A dial on the machine. Wires plugged in into different switches. A screen.
Several sequences related to World War 2 Normandy invasion, not all in chronological order. U.S. soldiers with tents encamped between military vehicles parked close together on deck of a Landing ship tank (LST). Higgins boats are seen on davits. Soldiers sleeping under tarps on deck. Sailors in lookout perch; one operating signal lamp. American flag flying from mast. Scene shifts to landing craft at an inlet. U.S. LST-310 moves past at low speed; a white diamond painted on her hull. Two small empty landing craft, each driven by a single sailor,seen keeping pace with the LST. Change in sequence: The LST raising her anchor via capstan. Chain moving up through hawsepipe. Another view of her deck crowded with men and vehicles. The LST maneuvers close to LST 310 and then proceeds away past other anchored assault craft.Landing craft-856 is seen. Deck of the LST, with Naval Jack flying from mast. Sailors raising anchor. The LST moves past breakwater and low fortifications. Landing Ship Tank, LST-310, with white diamond on her hull, moving past camera.Numerous other large landing craft in the harbor. View of several large transport ships.A U.S. LST, marked with white diamond on hull,moving very slowly. Higgins boats in the water.
U.S. soldiers get off from a truck at 199th Infantry Brigade base camp in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The soldiers carry barracks bags and board a 2 ½ ton military truck. A soldier carrying a barracks bag moves towards the truck. Other soldiers sit on barracks bags in the background. Military trucks en route to 199th Infantry Brigade base camp. Other vehicles move on the road. Trees and building in the foreground. U.S. soldiers look out from the trucks. The trucks enter the camp and the soldiers get off.
Wreckage of Allied aircraft destroyed during the invasion of Normandy, in World War 2. Location: a field in Normandy,France. A destroyed Martin B-26 Marauder bomber with a propeller on the ground beside it. A wrecked British Horsa glider, with front part of its fuselage missing.Remnants of other gliders. A propeller sitting alone in the field. Remains of a destroyed C-47 transport plane.
U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group aboard a ship underway in the Philippine Sea during World War 2. Soldiers fire guns from the deck of the ship. Shells explode in water and flak in the sky. The ship approaches Leyte Island at sun rise. American forces in a landing craft underway at sea. A gun crew fires at Japanese Nakajima B6N Tenzan ("Jill") aircraft which is diving towards the ship in a kamikaze suicide attempt. The shells explode in water.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at Squadron Area on Morotai Island, Indonesia during World War 2. An operations building after being torn down. Trucks are loaded with equipment. 5 gallon water casks ready for shipment. Soldiers load the trucks. They cover the trucks The soldiers load barracks bags on a truck. The truck drives out. A supply officer inspects a water trailer. Several trucks drive out. Fighter pilots walk and talk. A dismantled mess hall. Mess hall refrigerators crated for shipment. The Squadron Area after tents have been torn down.
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