Activities of United States Army during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. Soldier of the U.S. 8th Battalion, 6th Army, services a 155mm Howitzer. Soldier load artillery shells into 155mm How. Soldiers fire the 155mm Howitzer for testing. Smoke in the background. Soldiers close their ears with hands due to loud noise of explosion during testing.
Activities of United States Army during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. Soldier of the U.S. 8th Battalion, 6th Army load artillery shells into a 155mm Howitzer. Soldiers fire the 155mm Howitzer for testing. Smoke in the background. Soldiers close their ears with hands due to loud noise of explosion during the testing. Soldier examines a 155mm Howitzer by turning wheel of it. Soldier speaks over a phone.
Activities of United States Army 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. Rubber fuel tanks (bladders) are rolled out of U.S. Air force C-123 Provider, American military transport aircraft. Forklift loads artillery shells into the C-123. C-123 on ground. Soldiers 173rd Infantry Brigade stand in the foreground.
At the start of an air show in Spokane, Washington, during World War 2, a U.S..Army Air Force Colonel introduces Brigadier General James G. Parker, Commanding General of the 4th Air Force, headquartered in San Francisco. General Parker says a few words of greeting. People applaud. The Colonel then introduces Air Force Brigadier General Dale V. Gaffney, Commanding General of the Alaska Wing, Air Transport Command. He also says a few words. Then, (sound only) the Colonel introduces a Major, from Spokane, who had survived the Bataan Death March and also successfully escaped from a Japanese prison camp.
Remains of USAAF B-29 number 42-65283 from the 9th Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Squadron, that crashed, 30 March 1945, in World War 2, on Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands. All crew members were immediately killed in the crash, except tail gunner, Sgt. Joseph C. Trullo, Jr., who initially survived but died of his injuries, five days later, and the sole survivor, Radio Operator, Sgt. James Langraf who was injured but eventually recovered. Air Force personnel inspect debris that is scattered across the crash site in sand dunes close to the ocean in the background.
Remains of United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress that crashed in Tinian, Northern Marianas Islands during World War 2. It was B-29 number 42-65283, nicknamed "Big Wheel," from the 9th Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Squadron. Opening scene shows remains of two engines and bent propellers from the crashed B-29. Ocean and a B-29 coming in for a landing are seen in background. Two destroyed engines and props along with partially intact empennage, are the only recognizable parts of the airplane. Aircraft debris is scattered close to the beach. Three U.S. Army Air Force personnel stand looking over the wreckage.
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