Combat cargo airdrop prepared at Ashiya Air Force Base in Japan during the Korean War. Views of the cargo which is to be dropped. Preparation area shows the cargo being assembled. American and Japanese personnel working in the area. Drums of gasoline, with protective cover, being prepared for dropping. Parachutes are attached to the gasoline drums. Conveyor belt system is used in the cargo preparation area. A Japanese civilian pushes two drums down through the area on the conveyor belt system. Japanese make parachute attachments to fifty gallon drums.
United States Air Force Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars at Ashiya Air Force Base in Japan during the Korean War. C-119 Flying Boxcars approach for landing and land. A C-119 Flying Boxcar taxis.
Combat cargo airdrop is prepared at Ashiya Air Force Base in Japan during the Korean War. A supply dump area shows combat cargo being prepared for loading into trucks. Loading operations show a fork lift, tractor and trailers, small trucks and personnel, a conveyor belt system and the working procedure in the dump area.
William Frederick Halsey celebrates Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri underway at sea. U.S. Navy Admiral and Commander of Third Fleet William Frederick Halsey, Jr and other senior U.S. and British Navy officers raise a toast aboard USS Missouri as they receive news of Japanese surrender. They are seated at a table. A special cake decorated with Japanese rising sun is brought. A marine holding a bayonet stands behind the group. After the cake is placed on the table, the marine proffers the bayonet to Admiral Halsey, who uses it to cut the cake and serves it. He eats the cake. Views of Admiral Halsey as he speaks.
A Japanese mercy ship is captured in the South Pacific Ocean during World War II.. A Japanese mercy ship underway at sea. U.S. Navy 7th Fleet officers capture the Japanese mercy ship. Unwounded men come off the ship. Cases of 75mm ammunition are uncovered. Labels 'Medical Supply' on the ammunition. Prisoners are taken in custody.
American fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker and Colonel Hunter in Europe during World War II. A United States Army Air Forces A-20 Havoc light bomber parked at the end of a ramp. A group of officers gathered around a truck mounted with a 50 caliber machine gun. The A-20 Havoc aircraft in the background. Eddie Rickenbacker shows pilots how to use the machine gun. Rickenbacker behind the gun. An officer in the background. Eddie Rickenbacker and Colonel Hunter. A bomb service truck with a bomb carriage and a trailer attached to it drives past. The truck stops in front of the A-20 Havoc. Eddie Rickenbacker, Col. Hunter and the officers inspect the bombs as the bomb service crew unloads the trailer. Eddie Rickenbacker and Col. Hunter inspecting the bombs. They inspect the smaller bombs. Two 2000 pound bombs on the trailer. Eddie Rickenbacker and Col. Hunter inspect the 2000 pound bombs.
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