A pilot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron inspects a Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship in Pleiku Air Base during the Vietnam War. Pilot and crewmember, 1st Lieutenant Michael “Mike” L. Smithson, arrives to check and service the aircraft before a flight. 1st Lieutenant Smithson inspects the undercarriage of the gunship. Smithson looks up and inspects an aircraft part.
United States 321st Regiment, 81st Infantry Division board LSTs for Peleliu Island during the Battle of Angaur in World War II. A ship leaves the port while soldiers wait for another ship. Infantry troops clear the jungle while searching for Japanese snipers on Angaur Island. A soldier hacks away tree branches. 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” troops clear away leaves, branches, and vegetation. Bulldozers clearing bushes, debris, and soil. A road roller with spikes flattens ground. A soldier spins the propeller of a Piper L-4 Grasshopper scout plane to start it. The plane taxiing and taking off from the newly built airfield.
United States dependent children attend the American Dependents School (later known as Tehran American School) in Tehran, Iran before the revolution. An Iranian school bus is parked outside the school gate. The children and women cross the school yard. Snow-capped mountain range is seen behind the school. American teachers and personnel exit a GMC school bus labeled “School Bus 4”. Boys playing basketball in school yard. A teacher watches over students playing on monkey bars of school playground. Sign reads “American Dependents School”
A U.S. Army 1/4 ton truck driving around shell holes in dirt road near Hallerbach, Germany during World War II. Two soldiers of the 1st Battalion 39th Infantry Regiment 9th Division carrying covered body of a dead U.S. soldier on a stretcher out of the woods. German children play beside a Jeep. A white pet dog stands near the children. U.S. Army soldiers in Jeep arrive in Kalenborn in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
United States Army soldiers attempt to drive a stuck 1/4-ton truck in Merode, Germany during World War II. Army truck wheels spinning while stuck in mud. Another soldier behind the driver is seen smoking a cigarette. A cameraman is seen in the background. Soldiers driving and reversing a Jeep on muddy road. Other soldiers fasten supplies on vehicles. Soldiers pushing a truck through forest road in the opposite direction.
United States President John F. Kennedy talking with a military official during his visit at Fliegerhorst Kaserne Army Base near Hanau, Hesse, Germany. A military officer presents a gift to President Kennedy in the mess hall at Fliegerhorst Army Base. Insignias of the United States Air Force 4th Trans Co – 152nd Detail on display. President Kennedy inspects the gift as officials look on. Another official present the president with a plaque. President Kennedy delivers a short speech to enlisted men.
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