GSAP (Gun Sight Aiming Point) footage of raids over Germany during WW II. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Douglas A-26 Invader in flight over mountainous terrain. Snow peaked mountains. A-26s with bomb bay doors open. Smoke rising from bomb hit. Starboard motor on a Martin B-26 Marauder with propeller feathered. (World War II period).
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. Citation is read by a Naval Officer as Sgt David B Bleak of the Army medical Service, 223rd Infantry Regiment, United States Army stands by the President. President Eisenhower awards him the Medal of Honor and congratulates him. Also seen in the clip (already having received the Medal of Honor earlier in the ceremony) are 1st Lieutenant James Lamar Stone, 2nd Lieutenant Raymond G. Murphy (barely visible), and Sergeant Hiroshi H. Miyamura (the second Japanese American to have received the Medal of Honor).
Wounded U.S. soldiers evacuated in Tokyo. Al Jolson during his tour to Japan. U.S. military officers wait for Al Jolson's plane to arrive at the Tachikawa Air Base. Al Jolson and his pianist deplane. General Paul B Kelly and other officers greet Al Jolson. They get into a car and leave. Inside of a U.S. plane. Evacuees and wounded men lying in stretchers. They are being taken back to the United States.
UC-123B aircraft spread defoliant agent orange in Vietnam. Ranch Hand UC-123Bs of the 12th Air Commando Squadron, flying side by side, make a single pass over a ten mile strip of land that lies between Con Thien and Gia Linh. Shows aircraft in flight to target area, descending, and spraying defoliant agent. They generate a continuous unbroken cloud of agent orange over the area.. The aircraft return to base as evening begins, flying in loose trail formation.
2nd Battalion of 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team on mission in Vietnam. Soldiers walk towards airstrip and wait to board helicopters. UH-1D and Bell UH-1B Huey helicopters parked on airstrip at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam. Helicopters take off. (Vietnam War period).
United States 35th Infantry soldier guards Korean prisoner carrying a wounded prisoner in Yongdongpo, Korea during the Korean War. Men trod over crest of hill. Gunner of Company 'A ' fires .30 caliber air cooled machine gun. Soldier half-kneeling against mound of dirt near fence. Company 'B' of 35th Infantry walk on road and approach a traffic circle in town. View of North Korean flag and banner on decorated arc in Yongdongpo, Korea.
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