U.S. General Hunter Liggett reviews the U.S. 2nd Division forces in Dolcourt, France during World War I. U.S. Second Division troops stand in a squad. The troops hold a United States flag and a U.S. Marines flag. The soldiers stand at attention. A military band plays different instruments. General Liggett reviews the division. The General and a U.S. officer salute. The military band in the background. The troops march with guns on their shoulders. A U.S. officer stands and looks. General Hunter, U.S. Gen. Hanson Edward Ely and a French officer decorate Second Division troops in Chateau-Thierry. A medal is pinned up on the uniform of a U.S. soldier. Horse carts behind the troops.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 18 April 1944: 2nd Lieutenant O.F. La Jeunesse of the 4th Fighter Group 336th Squadron attacks ground targets. He strafes crashed German aircraft on the ground. Smoke rises from the wrecked aircraft.
2nd Battalion of 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team prepares for mission in Vietnam. Platoon leaders check maps and discuss plan of action. Soldiers color their faces with black paint. Platoon leader writes on a piece of paper. Soldier seated outside tent, smokes a cigarette. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) on an operation in South Vietnam. Paratroopers advance through rice paddy fields and thick forest area. Officer speaks over radio phone on field. Next, soldiers are seen standing where they have popped a yellow smoke grenade to mark a landing zone.. More views of the troops making their way to the landing zone. Scene shifts to a group of Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopters approaching and landing in trail formation. The soldiers are dispatched in groups to board the choppers. After all are aboard, the helicopters take off in formation and depart. View from one of the helicopters as it is leaving. Soldiers are seen on the ground below. Glimpse of a helicopter pilot inside a cockpit. View of another helicopter flying above. View of helicopters flying in formation. Closeup of one flying nearby with door open.
United States 2nd Battalion 11th Marines load and fire 75 mm pack Howitzer gun in Peleliu Island, Palau. Marines load and fire gun batteries of 105 mm Howitzer at Japanese enemy. (World War II period).
United States 2nd Battalion 11th Marines load and fire 75 mm pack Howitzer gun in Peleliu Island, Palau. View of damaged trees. Marines load and fire gun batteries of 105 mm Howitzer at Japanese enemy. (World War II period).
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