General Carl Spaatz in Tinian, Mariana Island during World War 2. A Military Police officer salutes as a jeep arrives. U.S. Army officers step from the jeep. Four officers stand under a tree. A U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) B-29 aircraft with a sign on the fuselage that reads ' Goin Jessie. ' General Carl Spaatz , USAAF Chief of Staff, pins a Legion of Merit medal on Master Sergeant Einar (Curly) Klabo. Klabo salutes the General. Crew men lift Klabo on their shoulders. ( Note: "Goin Jessie" flew 50 combat missions with the 9th Bomb Group, 5th Squadron, while M/Sgt Klabo was her crew chief. She never had an abort.)
General Carl Spaatz in Tinian, Mariana Island during World War 2. General Barney M. Giles, General Nathan Twining talk to General John Davies, Commanding General of 313th Bombardment Wing near a jeep at an airfield. Rear of an aircraft in the background. Officers get into a jeep. General approach the headquarters of the 313th Bombardment Wing. A U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 aircraft with a sign on the fuselage that reads ' Goin Jessie ' General Carl Spaatz pins up a Legion of Merit award onto Sergeant Klabo.
The Allied campaign in Lae-Salamaua, New Guinea during World War II. A map of New Guinea depicts the Allied activities in Salamaua and Lae. American paratroopers drop from an aircraft in Markham Valley. Transport planes lined up as they bring Australian 7th Division soldiers and equipment to the area. Soldiers march towards Lae. They hold a sign that reads 'Lae'. Australian soldiers ride bikes on a slippery road as one of them spills. Australian soldiers fire a 25 pounder from concealed position. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 aircraft in flight. Japanese anti aircraft guns fired at the aircraft.
The damaged USS Franklin arrives at Brooklyn Navy yard in New York after the Japanese attack during World War II. U.S. Navy officers aboard the USS Franklin at Brooklyn Navy yard. Lieutenant Commander T.J. Grenee, Lieutenant Fred Harris, Lieutenant B.J. White aboard the USS Franklin.
U.S. President John F Kennedy at an air show in Florida,United States. President Kennedy arrives at the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. President with the Chief of Staff of United States Air Force General Curtis LeMay. Vice President Lyndon B Johnson seated. Aircraft (F-100's) in formation flight as they drop bombs. Explosions occur and smoke rises. Mass mid air refueling being demonstrated by F-100s getting fuel from KB-50 tanker aircraft. President Kennedy and General LeMay look on. An F-101 aircraft hits a drone plane with air to air missiles. (Narrator mistakenly calls them F-102s.) F-100 aircraft drop Napalm bombs. The bombs flip end over end during descent and explosions are seen as they impact.
U.S. Major General Curtis LeMay in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. Lieutenant General Nathan F Twining and Major General LeMay board the U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 aircraft. General Nathan Twining and Major General LeMay look outside a window from the aircraft. General Twining and Major General LeMay talk near an aircraft hangar as they smoke. Two B-29 aircraft parked nose to nose. Airmen outside and inside the hangar.
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