Naval commissioned officers sit at table and talk. View of trainees entering Naval Aviation School Command building 633 on grounds of Naval Air Station Pensacola. Graduates from officer candidate school, Naval ROTC, and the Naval Academy sit in class and officer shows them model of aircraft and tells about its parts and functions. They study the functions of aicraft engines, viewing a model of an engine. They learn to take readings of airspeed and learn about navigation and aerodynamics. Close-up of monitor needles showing Lift, Drag, and Speed. They sit in a ejection simulator to experience the sensation of being ejected from an aircraft. They wear flight gear and learn how to function at 30,000 feet altitude. They perform callisthenic exercises, include jumping jacks, pushups and running, and they stay fit on an obstacle course. They get training in a swimming pool including use of a Dilbert Dunker to learn how to escape a submerged aircraft after ditching in water. They learn land-sea survival skills, and are seen training in a pool and in the open ocean, simulating survival situations at sea and on land. They practice escaping a parachute harness at sea, and how to board a life raft from the water. A pilot practices bailing water out of the life boat using his flight helmet. On land, they make a tent in the forest using their parachute, they learn to build and set snares to capture small animals. They learn about edible plants. Trainees seen gathered around a camp fire at night, cooking. Officers in uniform view T-28 Trojan aircraft flying overhead.
U.S. 139th infantry Regiment troops encamped in France, during the Meuse-Argonne offensive of World War 1. Camp fires are burning in background. The area is covered by a large set of camouflage tarpaulins. Soldiers are seen emerging from under the tarps. Forests surround the camp. (WWI. WW1.)
U.S. 130th Field Artillery troops carry ammunition in forest, in France. Soldiers shoulder heavy shells and carry them down a dirt path in woods. They stack them near a camouflaged heavy artillery piece. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The Aisne Marne Operation in France. Supply wagons of U.S. 7th Field Artillery unit assemble on a hilltop in France, during the first World War. Soldiers receive food from a field mess set up in a wagon. They sit by a stream in the field, forest in the background. As a prank, one soldier poses in a German Army jacket and helmet.. (World War I, World War 1, WWI, WW1)
United States Combat activities during Korean War in South Korea. Troops and artillery of 24th Infantry Division of United States move up through mud and deep snow to the enemy range in Yangpyong near Han River. artillery fired. Assault troops walk in dense underbrush. Soldiers sit in trenches and hide behind rocks. Other soldiers rest in forest. They dig ground and emplace 60 mm mortar in it and load mortars then fire. Soldiers fire recoilless rifles. They fire machine guns. A Chinese prisoner held, he put hands over his head. U.S. soldier frisk him and take his clothes away.
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division in action during Operation JEB Stuart III in Vietnam. Soldiers walk in dense forest. They pass through bombed out jungle. Soldiers carry rifles and bullet belts on their shoulders. (Vietnam War period).