U.S. Coast Guardsmen parade in dress whites, at pier in Gibralter harbor, and assemble in formation for ceremony to dedicate a memorial. The Coast Guard Ensign hangs over, and hides a memorial plaque on wall of building. Participants include British and American officers and British and American civilian officials, several dressed formally, with top hats. A number of ladies are seated for the event. After brief invocation by clergyman, A British military brass band plays, Coast guardsmen, with rifles, present arms, and the Coast Guard ensign is removed, unveiling the memorial plaque. The plaque honors those lost when the Cutter Tampa was torpedoed by an enemy submarine, in Bristol Channel, on September 26, 1918, with loss of all 115 souls on board. It also honors 11 officers and men of the Cutter Seneca, who volunteered, and were lost attempting to salvage the torpedoed British Steamer, Wellington, in the Bay of Biscay, September 17, 1918. The American flag is displayed above the new plaque, and Coast Guard officers place four wreaths at the base of the memorial. .
Many sightseers stand around the wreckage of a German Heinkel He111H-2 bomber that crash landed in a field. A swastika painted on the tail of the bomber. The damaged cockpit. Several British Royal Air Force fliers examine it. (Note: This is German Heinkel He-111H-2 bomber,coded 1H+JA of Luftwaffe Stabskette/KG26. Known as the 'Humbie Heinkel,' it crash landed, on 28 October, 1939, at Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland, after being shot down by No.602 'City of Glasgow' Squadron of the British Royal Air Force, during an armed reconnaissance mission over the Firth of Forth, where Royal Navy warships were harbored, during World War 2.)
U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) in Scotland during their first around the world flight. The DWC in Scapa Flow, Scotland, before hopping off for Iceland. The Americans inspect Dreadnought Hindenberg sunk by the Germans. Several views of this ship. Two of the fliers on gun barrels. Crew of USS Richmond cheer for American aviators preparing to hop off to Iceland. Mixed personnel as they raise their hats and give three cheers. Crew members being escorted out to the airplanes. A world cruiser. The aircraft being refueled. Birds in the water. The world cruiser in flight. World Cruiser No. 3, piloted by Lieutenant Leigh Wade, afloat. World Cruiser No. 3 afloat near a ship. USS Richmond attempts to pull the world cruiser aboard. The world cruiser being towed in very rough waters. Italian flier Locatelli, also attempting a world flight, is forced down and is picked up by a U.S. cruiser. An Italian airplane afloat. The aircraft burning. Locatelli is taken aboard USS Richmond. Locatelli being greeted by the captain of the ship.
United States Marines with helmets, carrying weapons disembark from CH 53A Sea Stallion helicopter on Khe Sanh airstrip in Vietnam. Marines in line formation climb a hillside. Remains of a number of M-14 rifles on the ground. Marine soldier picks up one of the rifles and examines it. View of remains of Aid Station and Dental Unit at Khe Sanh. A soldier stands next to debris and removes large pieces of twisted metal roof structures with several radio antennae in the background. Sign boards on ground read 'Emergency Anytime' and 'Dental Clinic'. (Vietnam War period).
187th Airborne Regimental Combat team patrol in Munson-ni, Korea during the Korean War. Korean civilian carries a wounded girl on his back. United States Medic gives medical treatment to the wounded Korean girl, lying on stretcher. Soldier bandages her hand. Medic applies medicine on United States soldier's leg. Korean women and children on field raise hands and yell 'Banzai'. North Korean Lieutenant questioned by an interpreter.
Withdrawal of United Nations forces over 38th parallel, North of Kaesong in Korea, during the Korean War. Two tanks with United States soldiers atop, comes up on roadway. Soldiers driving over bridge wave to man standing next to a sign board. Sign board reads 'You are now crossing 38th Parallel'. View of huts next to the signboard.
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