Christmas preparation in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), very soon after the Russian Revolution (or "October Revolution") brought Lenin, the Bolsheviks, and Soviets regime in control in Russia. People move goods on the snow covered streets using sleds. Facing shortages of fuel, people collect and carry wood to burn from a dock. Citizens stacking and carrying timbers for fuel. With men involved in revolution and in World War I, women workers clean roads of city, working together in a group with brooms.
USS Carronade (IFS-1) during Vietnam War. Twin barrels of a 40 mm gun highlighted against the sky. View of gun mount and barrels -- likely mount 41, just aft of the 5" 38cal and one deck up. (There was another 40mm gun at mount 42, on the fantail.)
USS Carronade (IFS-1) providing Inshore fire support during Vietnam War. Views of shoreline from the ship. Rockets fired from the Carronade land on shore and in the surf. Fire Control Technicians, in battle gear, look over charts. One uses pair of compasses to measure, and speaks over radio. Sailors use hose to water down 5 inch rocket shell that misfired and rolled onto the deck. A Sailor throws the dud over the side of the ship into the water.
Qui Nhon harbor in Vietnam. A military compound called Camp Goldberg, named for U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Joseph A Goldberg, the pilot of a helicopter shot down by the Viet Cong on July 15, 1962. Within the compound, are seen the Lane and Guthrie maintenance hangars, dedicated to the memories of Sp/5 James Everett Lane, the gunner, and Sp/5 Harold Lee Guthrie, the Crew Chief, both of whom lost their lives with CWO Goldberg. (Reportedly, these were the first U.S. Army Aviation personnel killed in action, in Vietnam. ) (Vietnam War period).
Operation Cedar falls in South Vietnam. Helicopter lands on field. United States soldiers of 1st infantry division run towards it. Helicopter lands on field. A man in orange dress signals for landing place and raises both hands. Soldiers run towards helicopter. They carry supplies from the helicopter. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Cedar Falls in South Vietnam. United States soldiers of 1st infantry division examine captured Viet Cong weapons. A major General and Brigadier General James F. Hollingsworth, Assistant Commander, 1st Infantry Division, converse with a Lieutenant Colonel who holds some maps and charts. A machine gun on a tripod. A machine gun on tripod with a dead snake wrapped around it. Soldiers carry captured guns and place them in a helicopter. (Vietnam War period).
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