U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam during Operation Big Spring of the Vietnam War. Soldiers seated in a field with weapons. They rest and talk amongst themselves. A soldier pets a dog. He holds the leash of the dog. Other soldiers stand nearby. A soldier reads a newspaper. A soldier looks at photographs in his wallet. One of them smokes. The soldiers pick up their backpacks and begin to advance across the field. View of soldiers crossing field, approaching camera. Soldiers wearing backpacks and carrying their weapons move through a thick brush area while on patrol.
U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam during Operation Big Spring of the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter lands. Crates stacked on the airfield. Loading and unloading of equipment from the helicopter. Soldiers talk. A soldier reads a newspaper. Empty water cans are thrown out and supplies are loaded aboard the helicopter.
Reminders of World War 2, in France, 1945. A high bridge of about eight masonry arches with two bombed out, in mountainous region of France. Camera pans right, showing a number of substantial homes scattered across the valley, with tall mountains behind. Scene shifts to a different, flatter landscape, where about a dozen U.S. Waco CG-4A gliders are seen abandoned in a field, in various states of disrepair. Writing in chalk on the side of one glider reads, "Whispering Yoddles, Fort Worth Texas, Little One Alice". There are no D-day stripes on these gliders, indicating they were probably used subsequent to the Normandy invasion, in other operations such as "Bluebird & Dove" in the South of France, in August, 1944.
German prisoners in France during World War II. Sandbags and a gun at a doorway. German prisoners being marched. Some of the prisoners sit on the ground and talk to each other. American guards keep an eye on them. A column of prisoners standing beyond. Prisoners seated against a wall. They are guarded by a French soldier. They eat out of cans and drink.
U.S. soldiers in France during World War II. A tank loaded with troops rolls through a town. Buildings along street sides. Truckloads of U.S. troops move past. A jeep passes on a road. U.S. infantrymen in trucks move across French fields. A U.S. tank rolls past. Traffic on a road comprising of American tanks, cars and a donkey cart ridden by an old man. Wreckage of vehicles along a side of the road.
Soldiers walk on a road in France during World War II. French soldiers move down the road in a column. Buildings along a side of the street. Trucks loaded with soldiers drive past on the road. U.S. soldiers walk along the road.
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