U.S. President Lyndon Johnson presents Medals of Honor to a U.S. Navy sailor and a U.S. Marine at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States for their service in the Vietnam War. U.S. Secretary of Navy Paul Ignatius reads a citation from a podium in the inner court of the Pentagon during a Hall of Heroes ceremony. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle Wheeler stands in the background. President Johnson places the Medal of Honor around the neck of U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Richard Pittman. Secretary Ignatius reads a citation. U.S. Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford and General Wheeler stand in the background. President Johnson places the Medal of Honor around the neck of U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate First Class James Williams.
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson presents Medals of Honor to U.S. Army men at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States for their services in the Vietnam War. U.S. Under Secretary of the Air Force Townsend Hoopes reads a citation at a microphones in the inner court of the Pentagon. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle Wheeler and U.S. Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford stand in the background. President Johnson places the Medal of Honor around the neck of U.S. Air Force Captain Gerald O. Young. The President talks and poses for pictures with four men who won the Medal of Honor including U.S. Army Specialist 5 Charles Hagemeister, U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Richard Pittman, U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate First Class James Williams and U.S. Air Force Captain Gerald Young. President Johnson and Secretary Clifford walk through the crowd and greet the families of men who won the Medal of Honor.
A U.S. Army CH-54 Tarhe helicopter transports a downed A-1H Skyraider bomber to Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of a downed VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) A-1H Skyraider bomber on a rice paddy in Cai Be. A CH-54 Tarhe helicopter approaches the downed A-1H aircraft, lifts the wreckage and carries it off. The CH-54 helicopter in flight. It delivers the wreckage of the A-1H at Bien Hoa Air Base.
A U.S. Army CH-54 Tarhe helicopter transports a downed A-1E Skyraider bomber to Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A wrecked VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) A-1E Skyraider bomber. U.S. soldiers guard it. The CH-54 helicopter approaches the A-1E aircraft, hooks up and carries off the wrecked aircraft. The helicopter in flight carrying the wrecked aircraft. The CH-54 helicopter delivers the A-1E aircraft at Bien Hoa Air Base.
images of Army Technical training manuals dealing with gas masks; camouflage; heavy tanks; and machine guns. U.S. Army Service Forces (ASF) recruits rushing down a hillside into waters of a swift river and swimming across. They undergo Live Fire Exercises near \end of their training. The must crawl while trainers fire rounds from a Browning M 1917 machine gun over their heads. An explosive charge goes off as the recruits crawl past. ASF troops are briefed about invasion techniques, by an instructor using a realistic small scale mockup of a port city. Recruits crouch over a model of front line terrain. Model trains operate as a training aid. Students at doorway of the U.S. Army School of Military Government. Numerous student studying in the library. In a classroom, a military officer instructor discusses the mission of governing an occupied country with cooperation of the existing governing officials. Closeups of officers discussing the occupation of Germany, at length. (World War II period).
A U.S. military training film titled "Pro Patria Vigilans" on the wartime and peacetime activities of the U.S. Signal Corps. United States Army General Douglas MacArthur aboard the U.S. Army Battleship USS Missouri during the Japanese surrender ceremonies of World War 2 in 1945. General MacArthur speaking on board the ship at the closing of the surrender proceedings. Aircraft flying in formation overhead. Antiaircraft guns directed towards the aircraft. Signal Corps recruits train at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The recruits dive and swim across water. The soldiers attend lecture by an officer. A sign reads: 'Field Radio Course'. Men working in the radio room are trained. Views of soldiers learning to operate radar. Various radar dishes. Closeup views of radar screens. An officer training the soldiers with the help of a model. The coastal defense training of the soldiers. The soldiers study the communication equipment. Soldiers working on communication switchboard equipment, telegraph, and teletype machines. A small messenger aircraft takes off and lands near the message center. A sign outside the building reads: 'Master Message Center'. Soldiers receive a map and clear it through the message center. Spinning equipment in the message center (possibly related to decoding or encryption). Officers seated at a desk, discussing a map.
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