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Signs in English and Arabic found in Tehran (WW2)
Iranian teenagers on the street of Tehran watch a United States soldier holding a title slate for the camera during World War II. View of the Cabaret Astoria bar façade. “Hollywood Laundry” sign in English and Arabic.
President Harry S Truman awards Congressional Medals of Honor at the White House to Carl Sitter and Reginald Myers
President Harry S Truman awards Congressional Medals of Honor at the White House in Washington DC. A gathering at the White House. Officials and awardees with their families. The recipients are Marine Captain Carl Sitter (standing left of the President when all three men are together) and Reginald Myers (standing right of the President). The President awards the Medal of Honor to each of the two officers. The officers shake hands and pose with the President. Officers with their families after receiving the Medals. Sitter holding his son and pictured with his wife. Myers' wife, Margaret, and daughter, Susan, and son, Scott. Myers holding his son, Scott. Major Myers was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor while serving as Executive Officer, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, in the vicinity of HAGARU-RI, KOREA, November 29, 1950, while commanding a group of 80 men who were stragglers and missing from other units during the Korean War. Major Myers' makeshift unit successfully denied the Chinese Communists the possession of EAST HILL, which dominated the key crossroads in the withdrawal -- attack in another direction -- by U.S. Marines and Army units from the Chosin Reservoir. Captain Sitter's unit relieved Major Myers' unit in the same battle. Sitter received e medal for his actions as a commanding officer during a two-day battle at Hagaru-Ki, Korea in November 1950. The fighting lasted 36 hours, and Sitter endured grenade burns to his face, arms and chest. He refused to evacuate as the fight continued. More than half of his company was killed, wounded or captured, but a successful defense of the area was mounted by U.S. soldiers.
Departure of U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley from the National Airport, Washington DC.
Departure of U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley from the National Airport, Washington DC. The Geneal with other officers at the airport. Cameramen take pictures. General Bradley talks to the journalists as they take notes. A U.S. transport plane in the background. A journalist takes an audio recorded interview of the General. He talks to other officers. The General and another official board the plane.
Sale of Patrol frigate to Colombia, at the Pentagon in Washington DC.
Sale of a Patrol frigate to the nation of Colombia, taking place at the Pentagon in Washington DC. SECNAV (Secretary of the Navy) Dan A. Kimball and another U.S. government official has a discussion with a Colombian official. Secretary Kimball and the Colombian official at a table. They go through the sale papers. Both officials sign the papers as the third official watches. They shake hands and complete the sale.
A U.S. Army television report about the U.S. soldiers in Korea during the Korean War
'The Big Picture' an official television report of the U.S. Army. U.S. soldiers shown in Korea, Germany, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Captain Carl Zimmerman sits at a table to talk about the American soldier fighting wars in various countries. He begins with a day in the life of a soldier in Korea during the Korean War. Soldiers wake up to the sound of artillery fire on a hill. Soldier looks through binoculars. Explosions on hills. 8 feet camouflaged bunkers on a hill. Soldiers come out of bunkers to take in some fresh air. They eat and drink. South Koreans help them unload ration and supply boxes from a jeep. They open the boxes and pass the supplies around. White and African American soldiers glad to receive postal mail from home during mail call. A Stars and Stripes newsletter. A soldier wearing his helmet with a dent in it from shrapnel that it blocked. He takes a tablet for his headache. Another one smokes a cigar.
U.S. 223rd Infantry Regiment soldiers set up sound locators, locate enemy artillery positions and fire in Korea.
U.S. soldiers of the 223rd Infantry Regiment Counter Fire Platoon run through dense undergrowth looking for a place to locate the sound recording equipment in Korea, during the Korean War. They cross a road and run uphill carrying heavy equipment. Soldiers reach the hill top and take out the equipment from boxes. Soldiers open the bags and boxes. They set up the sound locators on the side of the hill. Brown sets up the microphones in a pattern called an array on ground higher than the surrounding hills. Military vehicles on the road below. Soldiers fix equipment and smoke. Gun and artillery fire sound. A soldier records the artillery fire sound while another one records the sound as a visual image. Another soldier computes the direction line and radios the information to the counter fire headquarters. 'Counter Fire Plt' sign board outside tents. The plotter plots down the information on a boards and draws the direction line on a map. He pin points the enemy gun and draws it on a chart. He then calls the artillery fire direction center. A soldier receives the message. An intelligence officer checks the information and the order is sent to the artillery battery. Soldiers amidst barricades. They load HE fire charges and fire a 105 Howitzer. Many artillery guns fired. A soldier watches through binoculars.