Carrier pigeons used by U.S. army to deliver messages in Korea, during Korean War. Three bird containers are put into jeep. A sigh reads '23rd Inf Regt, 2nd Div Second to none'. S-2 and S-3 tent. Men at tables write. Men write message in tent. Bird handler gets message,folds it and starts for bird. He folds message. He removes bird from container ans puts the message in capsule attached to bird's leg. He releases the bird. The bird flies off. The man takes a bird out of another box,folds message and puts it in capsule.
The 25th Anniversary of Wright brother's first aircraft flight is celebrated in Washington DC, United States. Crowd of delegates in front of building. President of the United States John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. and his secretary stand on steps of building. Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics Frederick Trubee Davison,aviator Charles Augustus Lindbergh, businessman Harry Frank Guggenheim, Assistant Secretary of Navy Warner also present. Pilot Clarence Duncan Chamberlin present. Delegates from Venezuela present. Irish aviator Mary Lady Heath. Orville Wright honored stands amidst group of delegates. United States Secretary of Commerce William Fairfield Whiting and Orville Wright sitting.
U.S. Navy carrier air attack in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Rockets streak towards the edge of the Mekong River. Smoke rises from the shoreline where hits are made by rockets. Smoke rises from a Viet Cong hideout on the shoreline. A navy aircraft in flight over a terrain firing rockets. Rockets make their hits along the shoreline. United States Navy A-1H Skyraider aircraft in flight. The A-1H aircraft on a diving run over the terrain surrounding the river. Rockets are fired from the aircraft and hits are made in a patchy wooded area after the pull out. The aircraft climbs up steeply. It banks over the terrain and moves in on a diving attack. A string of rockets are fired.
The Fifth United States Army in Salerno, Italy during World War II. Tracers at night. An explosion at night. Fire blazes due to the explosion. Trees in the foreground as the explosion occurs.
The Fifth United States Army in Salerno, Italy during World War II. A bulldozer uproots trees. A grader and a steam roller level the ground for a landing field. Soldiers jump out of a truck. The soldiers with picks work on the landing field strip. A United States Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft lands on the newly constructed field. Soldiers on a side of the strip wave to the pilot of the aircraft as it lands. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning burns after hitting a truck. Soldiers rescue the survivors. Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft land. Smoke from burning aircraft in the background.
The Fifth United States Army in Salerno, Italy during World War II. A freighter in a river burns. Columns of smoke rise. Boats in the river.
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