Review of conflicts involving U.S. from World War 2 to 1970. A U.S. soldier with rifle and binoculars, on guard. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks in Germany to mass audience. German mobilization and blitzkrieg. U.S. troops firing small arms on island in Pacific, battling Japanese. U.S. soldiers on half-track firing artillery. Explosive destruction of Nazi swastika and Eagle symbol on top of building in Zeppelin Field, Nuremberg, Germany. General Douglas MacArthur stands as Japanese General signs surrender documents aboard USS Missouri, ending World War II. Times Square in New York City on Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) marking end of World War 2. American troops firing artillery and small arms in Korean War. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev speaking at the United Nations. Newspaper headlines about postwar Berlin Crisis. Soviet missiles on display in military parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. Soviet General Georgy Zhukov and Nikita Khrushchev, at Kremlin, reviewing the parade. Cuban President Fidel Castro giving a speech. A newspaper headline reading: "Khrushchev orders removal of missiles" ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. Soviet cargo ship with covered missiles on its deck. Red flag with image of Lenin and message: 'Partido Communista Dominicano' and a crowd chanting support for the Communist party in the Dominican Republic. Communist Chinese people marching with massed flags in the People’s Republic of China. Chairman Mao Zedong waving to a crowd of young supporters and Red Guards in China as they chant. A United States soldier in South Vietnam during Vietnam War looks through binoculars and then walks carrying his M-16 rifle. A map of Vietnam.
American military soldiers and other men and women protest and demonstrate in Washington DC during a moratorium to end the Vietnam War. Men wearing caps with signs on them. Some hippies in the crowd. Anti-war American soldiers (veterans of prior wars) shout slogans as they demonstrate against the Vietnam War outside the National Archives Building (700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20408-0001). They carry banners and posters that read 'Vote for Servicemen' and 'GIs against Vietnam'. A demonstrator with a peace sign flag walks toward the steps of the Archives Building and other demonstrators follow him. A peace activist or pacifist demonstrator who is a serviceman stands on the stairs of the building. Other soldiers walk down the steps.
President of United States Richard M Nixon's address to the nation from White House, Washington DC. He speaks about the cease fire agreement reached between North Vietnam and the United States. President Nixon delivers his "Peace with honor" speech about the cease fire in Vietnam. He speaks about the developments in Paris Peace Talks to end the Vietnam War. Nixon details the schedule of ceasefire and withdrawal of American Forces from Vietnam. Nixon admires the courage and sacrifice of the people of South Vietnam. He admires the U.S. soldiers, Prisoners of War and their relatives. (Vietnam War period).
Lottery selection held in full view of public for selecting potential soldiers for Vietnam. Youth who are part of an advisory committee for the Selective Service draw birth dates. The birth dates are read allowed and then matched with a number on the draft lottery board. (Vietnam War period).
Ubon Air Base, Thailand. U.S. Air Force Eighth Fighter Wing insignia displayed on the wall. A U.S. Air Force officer briefs a group of pilots in preparation for a mission over Vietnam during the Vietnam war. He points at a map on a board and speaks to men seated at a table listening to him. The briefing officer leaves. Air crews discuss the mission.
Several U.S. F4 pilots of the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ubon Air Base, Thailand, are debriefed following a mission over Vietnam. A board on a wall in the background. Major Williams debriefs pilots seated at a table. A pilot fills out mission re-cap form. A group pf pilots at another mission briefing. Major Williams conducts the briefing. He points at various maps and charts. View of the unit patch on podium, displaying head of the devil and reads "433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, The Devil's Angels." Most of the pilots in the squadron have mustaches. (Vietnam War period).