A U.S. Senatorial group in North Africa during World War II. Senator James M. Mead and two other Senators go through chow line in a field mess. The workers in white uniform serve food to the Senators. Senator Mead holding a plate of food in one hand and a mug in another. U.S. Senator Richard Russell, Senator Owen Brewster and another Senator with two women Red Cross officials in swimming suits as they splash through surf. Buildings seen on the shore. Children play in the beach sand. Few men and women sun bathing. Senator Mead with other Senators board an aircraft. Two motor vehicles parked at a distance. The Senatorial group inspect a landing barge at pier. Senator Richard Russel shakes hands and talks with the soldiers from Georgia who stand in a line. A board with the letters 'Georgia' written on it.
United States Army General George S. Patton aboard a command ship in Gela, Sicily, Italy during World War II. General George S. Patton aboard a command ship of Sicilian invasion fleet. An officer aboard the vessel writing. The General looks through binoculars. Other officers aboard the vessel. General Patton walks towards the edge of the ship and climbs down a landing net to an assault barge. The barge with the General and other officers moves towards the beach.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt is being assisted on the seat of a jeep,by a group of men in pith helmets, on a beach. They climb on the jeep with the President. Next, the President and his associates drive slowly in the jeep, reviewing a large formation of U.S. soldiers assembled on the sand. Change of scene shows the President seated in a chair during a break in the Casablanca Conference. Behind him is General George Marshall, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Brigadier General William H. Wilbur, and Major General George Patton. The President reads a citation for the award of the Medal of Honor for General Wilbur. General Patton then steps forward and places the Medal of Honor around General Wilbur's neck, as the President adjusts it in the front. General Wilbur wearing the Medal of Honor as he stands with some other officers. View from a jeep driving along a dirt road, past some abandoned airplanes at an inactive air field. Scene shifts to Natal, Brazil, where President Roosevelt is seen seated aboard the USS Humboldt in the Potenji River harbor in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, where he visits President of Brazil, GetĂșlio Vargas, on his way home from the Casablanca Conference. Seated on the ship's deck are: Presidential assistant,Harry Hopkins, President of Brazil Getulio Vargas,holding a cane, President Roosevelt, and United States ambassador Jefferson Caffery seated in chairs as Brazilian Navy and Army officers stand behind them. Later, President Roosevelt is seen, wearing a black armband, in a jeep. Brazilian Navy and Army officers stand around the vehicle. The Chief of the Brazilian Army talks at length with the President. Other officers in the vehicle. They finally proceed followed by armed guards on vehicle behind them. (World War II period)
Swift Boat, P.C.F Division 101 in An Thoi, Republic of Vietnam. Swift Boats tied up to causeway in An Thoi. Smooth sandy beach in the foreground. Mild surf rolls in. American flag flies from a Swift Boat. Two men stands around the .50 Caliber Machine Gun mount. R A George works on the barrels of the twin .50 Caliber Machine Gun on Swift Boat. Gunners Mate striker works on the .50 Caliber Machine Gun mount. P H Harp, EN2 (Engineman Second Class) on the Swift Boat 12 rolls up a fire hose on deck. He secures the fire hose to the lifeline. Men work on the fantail of the boat. Garden type hose lying on deck. Water flows off over fantail area. A man works and sets the bow line on bow of boat 12.
Swift boats,P.C.F Division 101 in An Thoi,Republic of Vietnam. Swift boats secured and tied up to the causeway during sunrise. Surf pounding in on beach in the foreground. Officer and enlisted man approach their Swift Boat. American flag flies from a Swift Boat. Starboard side of Swift Boat 10. Man on forecastle pulls up the anchor by hand and sets it down on forecastle. Man on deck of boat tosses a line to a man on another boat as they are secured together. Hose brought over from one of the other Swift Boats to replenish the fresh water supply. Three men on the fantail as the boat rocks back and forth. Hose over the lifeline. Man bends over lifeline and uncouples the hose.
Swift Boats, PCF Division 101 in An Thoi, Republic of Vietnam. L. L. Ellis, BM2 (Boatswain's Mate Second Class) and P. H. Harp, EN2 (Engineman Second Class) work on a signal light filter. Harp saws the signal light filter. He gets up and walks away when the job is completed. Men work on a causeway next to the Swift Boats. J. H. Rhodes, GM3 (Gunners Mate Third Class) puts range charts on a mortar locker. The locker is opened and mortars are seen in the mortar box. Range charts are seen on the inner part of the mortar locker. Swift Boat 12 tied up to the causeway. Stores are brought aboard by men in the background. A man comes aboard Swift Boat 12 with a box of bread and a 5 gallon tin. An American flag on the deck of the boat. Buildings on the beach in the background. A large sack of sugar.
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