U.S. Air Force personnel decorated in Palomares, Spain after salvage operations of Palomares B-52 crash incident of 1966. USAF (United States Air Force) personnel lined up in their fatigues for a medal presentation at Camp Wilson. USAF officer speaks to men. USAF Major General Delmar E. Wilson presents commendation medals to his men. General Wilson pins medals on men, steps back and salutes them. General Wilson addresses men at Camp Wilson. Men break up ranks, some shake hands with each other. A large group of USAF personnel.
Salvage operations off the coast of Palomares, Spain by the United States after 1966 Palomares B-52 crash incident. Motorized Alvin craft moves through water. The coastline of Palomares in the background. Alvin moves underway on the surface. Two lines run out to Alvin which is being towed. Divers are in the water next to Alvin. U.S. personnel on the deck of a ship and Alvin being pulled towards the side of the ship. Alvin enters the flooded well deck of an LSD (Landing Ship, Dock).
Salvage operations off the coast of Palomares, Spain by the United States after the 1966 Palomares B-52 crash incident. A motorized Alvin craft enters the flooded well deck of an LSD (Landing Ship, Dock) off the coast of Palomares. Many lines are fastened to Alvin to pull in to proper position. The tail gate of the LSD rises for the closing of the well deck. A sling is lowered over Alvin. A man in the conning tower of Alvin and a man on the deck prepares to make a hook-up. Alvin in the flooded well deck. A rubber boat is alongside. A crewman jumps into the rubber boat from the deck. One man stands on the deck of Alvin. The sling is attached for hoisting Alvin out of the water. Alvin being hoisted high up into the air by the ship's crane. Several lines are extended to the left and the right to keep Alvin steady. Alvin in the air hanging from the crane hook, framed by a part of the LSD. Alvin is lowered to the deck of the LSD. A large group of men around Alvin with some holding guy lines and some looking on.
German Luftwaffe fighter aircraft battle Allied aircraft over Italy during World War II. A formation of German fighter aircraft over Italy. German fighters in dogfights against Allied airplanes. U.S. Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft are downed by German fighters.
F Company, 51st Long Range Patrol (Airborne) Infantry in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Returning from a mission, six members of a light recon patrol leave a UH-1B Iroquois helicopter parked with its engine running. They walk to a camp area for debriefing. They are seen under a large tent, being debriefed by Intelligence Specialist Ronald K. Brown, from Headquarters. He asks questions and takes notes during the process. Scene shifts to view of the tent from outside. A sandbag wall is seen behing the tent. The patrol and others leave the tent. Next an unassociated bit of film shows an armed patrol moving rapidly towards some foliage and a glimpse of a chopper in flight overhead.
Soldiers of U.S. LRP (Long Range Patrol) 51st Infantry in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army UH-1B Iroquois helicopter lands in a jungle. A debriefing after a patrol in a tent at a camp.
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