Scenes on flight deck of the USS Midway (CVA-41) during evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese escaping the country during fall of Saigon, at the conclusion of the Vietnam War. A South Vietnamese VNAF Ch-47 Chinook helicopter is seen being moved by a tug boat. Republic of Vietnam flag and letters "GNP" painted on its fuselage. VNAF UH-1D/H Huey helicopters are being moved as close together as possible to make room on the deck. Aerial view of the helicopters parked on the deck.
South Vietnamese civilians escaping Vietnam during the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese, at the end of the Vietnam War. USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) maneuvering off shore of South Vietnam. Flotilla of small Vietnamese civilian boats carrying evacuees approach the USS Blue Ridge. U.S. Navy sailors take lines from the boats and help refugees to board the US Navy ship.
Vietnamese men, women, and children escaping during fall of Saigon as it is taken by North Vietnamese at the end of the Vietnam War. Vietnamese civilians cross flight deck from a UH-1 helicopter that brought them to the USS Midway. Sailors push the helicopter overboard. Another UH-1 flies over a small U.S. Navy launch and the helicopter ditches in the sea. The launch moves in to pick up evacuees from the water.
U.S. Infantry troops in Fraulautern, Germany during World War II. An M-36 tank destroyer of the 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion rolls down a street. The damaged buildings on either side of the street. U.S. 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion troops move through snow covered street. A small group of soldiers in a village street walk past wrecked buildings. Three cows walk through street in the background. The damaged buildings. Smoke rises in the background. The ruins of the bombed buildings. Troops climb over the ruins. A group of soldiers from U.S. 95th Infantry Division carrying smoke pots. Shells hit a pillbox in town. Smoke rises . The troops run on the snow covered street.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling), wife of Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, in North Africa during state visit. Madame leaves Douglas C-54 Skymaster. She is escorted by a Chinese official and the U.S. Officers. Madame is greeted by a U.S. officer. She enters a U.S. Army car (star on side). Madame Chiang Kai-Shek exits the car and boards the aircraft. Madame Chiang Kai-shek in a car. The car drives on a road in a North African city. Local native people on the road. Madame Chiang Kai-shek with the U.S. officers climbs down the steps of a building. Madame and an officer talk. U.S. soldiers stand in the background. Madame Chiang Kai-shek climbs up a ladder and boards C-54. (World War II period).
Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling), wife of Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing (Chungking), China. A banquet hall in Chongqing. Madame and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek dining with U.S. officers and Chinese officers. A Chinese man serves food to Chiang Kai-shek. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek eating with chop sticks. Madame eating with chopsticks. Madame Chiang awarding medals to U.S. officers and noncommissioned officers. (World War II period).
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