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French bombers and paratroopers over Indochina; refugees flee communist North Vietnam
Aerial view of Dien Bien Phu showing craters from shelling after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in the First Indochina War preceding Vietnam War. French Aéronavale (naval air) Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer Maritime patrol bomber in flight. A French pilot radioing from the cockpit. Paratroopers with parachutes drop from bombers. A bomber airdrops supplies. A French camp in Vietnam. French cannons and artillery shooting enemy positions. French troops evacuate injured soldiers from the battlefield. Vietnamese civilians scavenging in Hanoi after the end of the First Indochina War. An elderly woman sat in front of a doorway. A child looks up. French troops leave Vietnam. Communist North Vietnam flag on flagpole in Hanoi. North Vietnamese troops marching. World leaders convene at the 1954 Geneva Conference to decide the fate of Vietnam. Deputy Defence Minister Ta Quang Buu of Vietnam signs the Indochina Conference Armistice Agreement in Geneva on 21 July 1954. Delegates shake hands after the Geneva Conference. Refugees carry their belongings and children as they flee North Vietnam for South Vietnam. Vietnamese refugees crowd in United States Navy boats heading to South Vietnam. Refugee children help United States sailors swab the deck of a ship. The refugees disembark from ship upon arrival in Saigon, South Vietnam. 1954 map of Indochina countries such as Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and North and South Vietnam. Mountains in the border between North and South Vietnam. President of North Vietnam Ho Chi Minh meets and plays with children. A happy girl clapping. Children surround Ho Chi Minh. A child plays with Ho Chi Minh’s beard and Ho Chi Minh smiles. Farmers build new huts in South Vietnam. South Vietnamese men and women but ballots into ballot box during voting. A woman wearing sunglasses and Ao Dai dress smiles after voting in the election. Packs and sacks of rice from the United States government in South Vietnam. Civilians distribute sacks of rice. Farmers receive new equipment and plows from the United States. Farmers harvest rice in rice paddies. Vietnamese men rowing in small boats and traditional Junk. Delegates arrive in Manila, Philippines for the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty September 8, 1954. The Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty is signed. Delegates clapping after the treaty is signed. Vietnamese civilians gather concrete blocks and build houses. A car with bullet holes in window. A dead South Vietnamese politician in car murdered by North Vietnamese agents. North Vietnamese guerrillas hike in the jungle. Men running in front of a burning house in a village under siege by North Vietnam. Burned houses, rubble, and dead civilians in village after a North Vietnamese guerrilla attack. A portrait of Ho Chi Minh above a North Vietnam flag.
Thule Air Base, Greenland
Sign 'Thule Air Base, Greenland, Base Operations' can be seen. Views of Thule Air Base, the northern most USAF (United States Air Force) base in Greenland. Base surrounded by high hills. Some snow on the ground. Aircrews inside a building doing flight planning. Navigators and pilots using E6B flight computers, and referring to fuel consumption tables. Crew members computing weight and balance with slide rules.
Surrounding terrain of Thule Air Force Base, Greenland.
Surrounding area of Thule Air Force Base, Greenland. View of the bay at end of runway and Saunder's Island. Row boat and 1870 type coastal defense guns in ice covered harbor area. A frozen bay and ice bound fishing boat in background. Single unit housing area, husky and spitz dogs tied near housing area. Icebergs around harbor area of Thule Air Base, Greenland.
Maj. Gen. David William Hutchison presents Legion of Merit award to Lieutenant Colonel H Turk at Sondrestrom AB, Greenland.
Major General David William Hutchison arrives to present Legion of Merit award in Greenland. Major General David William Hutchison, Comrade 9th Air Force comes out of the C-130A plane and welcomed by officers at Sondrestrom AB, Greenland. Major General Hutchison talks with officers and leaves flight line by staff car. He gets off the car and gets on to a plane. C-130A parked at flight line with pontoons. Award presentation. Major General presents award the Legion of Merit to Lieutenant Colonel H Turk, Comrade 61st Troop Carrier Squad. The medal. Major General talks with Air Force officers. Ski-equipped C-130A stand on snow covered ground. Major General boards the plane, it taxis from pilot's compartment and takes off. An officer discuss with Major General Hutchison. Other officer briefed in plane.
Major General David William Hutchison visits Dye site at Sondrestrom AB in Greenland
Major General David William Hutchison arrives at Sondrestrom AB in Greenland to present Legion of Merit award. Major General disembarks from C-130A plane and welcomed by officers. Snow-cats move on snow. Building and facilities at Dye site in Greenland. Tower and strip at site.
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull confers with other men inside the Capitol building, Washington DC.
Exterior of the Capitol building in Washington DC, United States during World War 2. Cars move past in front of State Department Building (Old Executive Office Building, 1650 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, United States). U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull speaks with a group of men seated at a desk. They discuss a map on a wall. A plaque on Danish Embassy of Denmark building. A document is signed by Cordell Hull. A Coast Guard ship at Greenland harbor. An animated map shows positions of US, Canada, Greenland, and British Isles.
