President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. Citations are read by a Naval Officer. Sgt Alford Lee McLaughlin, United States Marine Corps, stands by the President. President Eisenhower awards him the Medal of Honor and congratulates him. Secretary of Defense, Charles E Wilson and others watch. Private First Class, Robert Ernest Simanek, 2nd Batallion 5th Marine, United States Marine Corps (retired) stands near the President. Naval officer reads the citation. Lt George H O'Brien Jr., United States Marine Corps stands near the President. Naval officer reads the citation. The President awards him the medal and congratulates him. Lt Raymond G Murhpy, United States Marine Corps, is awarded the medal.
The high frontier of X-15 in United States. Rocket powered aircraft X-15 is towed and taken out from a hangar. Various symbols on X-15. A sign reads 'North American Aviation Inc'. Models of aircraft from earliest to most recent are shown. B-29 launching Bell X-1 rocket plane on October 14, 1947. View inside cabin of B-29. Airspeed indicator in the X-1 shows Mach 1 plus. View of X-1D rocket plane landing in Mojave desert, July 24, 1951, as nose wheel collapses and the plane sends up plumes of sand as it spins around before coming to rest, facing backwards. Test pilot Jean Ziegler is seen afterwards in the cockpit, breathing a sigh of relief. Jet fighter seen exceeding mach 2 airspeed. Animation of B-52B Stratofortress launching X-15. and its landing on desert.
Launch of Atlas 130D rocket in United States. Atlas missile on a launchpad. A gantry in the background. The missile lift off for NASA Mercury Atlas 9 mission (MA-9). Smoke comes out from the engine. The missile climbs up and contrails are seen.
A D-558-2 Skyrocket in United States. Many people gather around the Navy Skyrocket. The cockpit is open. Insignia of United States. A man with a ladder in his hand. A pilot climbs in the cockpit. A man climbs up the ladder. A man takes a picture of the pilot. The pilot closes the cockpit.
MACV (US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists South Vietnamese soldiers in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. Local Vietnamese in coolie hats near bicycles on a road. Soldiers on a tank as it moves along on a road. Billowing smoke on ridge from USAF Boeing B-52 Stratofortress air strikes. South Vietnamese soldiers, U.S. M-60 tanks and a U.S. Army Bell UH-1D Iroquois helicopter nearby. South Vietnamese positions around a helipad. Aerial view of the area. Smoke on ridge. Bomb craters and terrain damage in jungle foliage on the ridge. Officers observing bomb damage through open door of the helicopter. An American officer speaking into the radio headset. The pilot at controls in the cockpit.
MACV (US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists South Vietnamese soldiers in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off from a helipad in the area. South Vietnamese soldiers talk to Vietnamese refugees. Refugee men, women and children await evacuation. Women and children run towards a CH-47 and board the helicopter. The chopper takes off. Guns positioned on the other side of a barb wired fence. Refugees wait their turn for evacuation. U.S. officers and soldiers supervise and discuss the operation nearby. Refugees board a U.S. Army Bell UH-1D Iroquois helicopter. The MACV team and U.S. soldiers help them get strapped in. The pilot in the cockpit. The chopper takes off.
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