President Franklin D. Roosevelt, looking frail, after his election to a 4th term, late in 1944. Newspapers announce his death, on April 12, 1945. View from high above, of funeral procession for Franklin D. Roosevelt. Crowds of mourners line sidewalks in Washington, DC, along the funeral route. Members of the military, in the crowd, salute as the flag-covered coffin of the President passes. Military pallbearers carry the coffin into the White House for a funeral service in the East Room. On April 15, 1945, Pallbearers carry Roosevelt’s coffin to a gravesite at the Roosevelt family home, Springwood, in Hyde Park, New York. Eleanor Roosevelt at President Roosevelt’s gravesite (4097 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, NY 12538, United States) with her children, including sons, James and Elliott, both in military uniforms.
A Kamikaze Yokosuka D4Y3 dive bomber strikes the USS Essex (CV-9) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. A Japanese Yokosuka D4Y3 dive bomber in flight, piloted by Lieutenant Yamaguchi. USS Essex underway in the Pacific Ocean. The aircraft on a direct course for the ship, crashes into USS Essex and sets it on fire. Smoke and flames rise from the ship. The tracers fire at Japaneses aircraft. Hits in water and water splashes due to hits. USS Essex burns in the background. USS Essex underway.
U.S. General Nathan Twining becomes the new chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff in Washington D.C., United States. New U.S. Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElory. A close up of Neil. Twining takes a pledge as a new chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower holds Bible in his hands. Eisenhower shakes hands with twining. The members of the defense team congratulate him. Outgoing chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Admiral Arthur W. Radford congratulates Twining. Men take pictures. Retiring U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson congratulates Twining. A close up of Twining.
U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army truck and a UH-1D Iroquois helicopter on the Can Tho Airfield. United States Army 5th Special Forces Group soldiers loading food and supplies into the helicopter from the truck. A case of syringe and needles having USA symbol. The soldiers aboard the truck of supplies. The UH-1D in flight in the background. A U.S. soldier stands beside the truck and talks to Vietnamese soldiers.
U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group in South Vietnam during a flood. A U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter on the Can Tho Airfield. A U.S. Army truck with supplies approaching the helicopter. Another helicopter parked in the background. The truck backing up to the helicopter. United States Army 5th Special Forces Group soldiers loading food and supplies into the helicopter from the truck. Two soldiers on the top of the helicopter. The soldiers talking standing beside the helicopter. The UH-1D Iroquois takes off from the airfield. (Vietnam War)
A U.S. Navy F4D Skyray carrier based interceptor-fighter undergoes first tests aboard USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) in the Atlantic Ocean. Lieutenant Commander James F. Verdin boards the F4D Skyray on the deck of USS Coral Sea. The aircraft takes off from the carrier deck. The aircraft in flight. It lands on the deck of the carrier.
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