United States President Lyndon B. Johnson announcing his appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first African American to become a justice in the United States Supreme Court. Johnson notes that, "the senate willing, he will become associate justice to succeed justice Clark." Various still images of Thurgood Marshall's career in court. An African American man notes, "now, a new generation of Thurgood Marshalls must struggle to make the constitution live."
United States soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 7th Cavalry wade through muddy river in Que Son Valley during the Vietnam War as part of Operation Wallowa. View of legs wading through the muddy river. A United States Army helicopter (Bell UH-1 Iroquois “Huey”) lands in farm as Vietnamese farmers stand back.
United States Marine personnel in the United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (GTMO or Gitmo). The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Jarvis (DD-799) coming into the harbor. The USS Jarvis sailing the harbor. Bougainvillea and other tropical trees grow in the waterfront. Marine personnel lounging outdoors. Marine personnel in red trunks sit on the stone fence waterfront. A man wearing a blue shirt and shorts join him. Two men watching the USS Jarvis docked in the harbor. A woman waves at the USS Jarvis. Woman sits on the stone fence of the waterfront.
Salute and gun firing. Major General Kyle General Sawyer along with other marines stand at the parade field at Camp Pendleton, California, United States. Marine marches with the USMC flag. Marines lower their flags. USMC standing in attention salutes. Marine Corps march playing a band on the field.
A patrol liberates United States and Filipino prisoners of war in the Philippines during World War II. U.S.. Army soldiers fire artillery and mortars on battlefield. Smoke arises from firing. Soldiers approach a chaplain, one by one, to receive prayers and pardon. Soldiers load shells in various artillery and fire. They move toward a hillside and advance up the hill. Soldiers passing bodies of dead soldiers. Soldiers carrying wounded back downhill on stretchers. Graphic shows movement of U.S. forces down through plains toward Cabantuan prisoner of war camp. Allied guerilla forces and U.S. Army Rangers move on a rescue mission 25 miles behind enemy lines, moving through fields and jungle areas. Staged scene of a soldier firing through a gate lock and entering the gate of the prisoners' camp. Soldiers who were victims of the Bataan Death March, now freed from their prisoner camp, walk in columns with Army escorts. Many are smiling. Some are emaciated. Local women and children watch them. Another group of liberated prisoners pass by in the back of a truck.
A film titled 'Churchill statue: Washington bronze honors statesman' shows Secretary of State, Dean Rusk outside the British embassy to unveil a 1500 pound bronze statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Washington D.C, United States. People gather in large numbers to witness the ceremony. An honor guard was given by the combined forces, followed by Dean Rusk's address. Rusk then unveils the statute with 'Winston's famous victory gesture'.
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