Notable people in the field of aviation in the United States. Major General Mason M. Patrick, Chief of the Air Service, United States Army with Miss Katherine Wright, sister of the Wright Brothers on the porch steps of a house. Rear Admiral William Adger, Chief Bureau of Aeronautics, United States Navy seated at a desk writing on a notepad. Colonel B. F. Castle, Treasurer of the National Aeronautical Association, seated at a desk. He looks at a document. Porter Adams, President of National Aeronautical Association at a gathering. Army, navy and other officials in the background. Frederick B. Patterson, Past President of the NAA presents a medal to Orville Wright, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the first flight. A close up of the medal.
United States 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion near Carentan, France during World War II. American soldiers transfer mortar ammunition from a two and a half ton truck to a M-29 cargo carrier in a field. Cargo carrier loaded with ammunition moves away.
Operation Shingle invasion convoy during Operation Shingle in World War 2. Opening scene shows view from a U. S. Destroyer showing a transport ship with several Higgins boats in water nearby, and some small invasion boats in distance. View from the Destroyer, close to land, as a lancing craft (Higgins Boat) passes in rough water. Next, Sailors on the Destroyer position a battery of 5 torpedo tubes into firing position on her deck. View from underneath the torpedo tubes, with a line of landing craft seen in distance. Sailors man an anti-aircraft gun on deck. Officer looks through binoculars. Several officers look through binoculars. Two sailors discuss a knife held by one. Warships seen in distant background. Sailors maneuver twin Bofors 40m anti-aircraft auto cannons. Destroyer's guns firing.
United States soldiers in EUSAK (Eighth United States Army in Korea) area, Korea. A sign board reads: '1st BN. 32nd Inf. Red Cross Aid Station'. An M-39 armored utility vehicle speeds down a road from Old Baldy. Mountains along the sides of the road. The soldiers carry a litter patient to a forward aid station. Soldiers rush to take the litter from the vehicle and carry it into the station.
Operations of the U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. U.S. Tenth Army General Simon B. Buckner visits the U.S. 77th Division. General in fatigue clothes and helmet as he discusses with a soldier. M-18 tank passes over a dirt road. (World War II period).
615th Tactical Fighter Squadron Air Strike Missions over Vietnam. Aircraft passes over wooded low-land. Aircraft ahead drop M-117 and bombs explode.
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