General MacArthur exits aircraft and greets high ranking officers during the Korean War. General speaks to General Edward M Almond, both walking arm in arm with each other followed by other officials. General enters Headquarter building at Pyongyang airstrip in Pyongyang, Korea.
SCAP (Supreme Commander of Allied Power) General MacArthur's airplane moves along the frozen strip to a stop, during the Korean War. General MacArthur at Pyongyang airstrip with General Edward M Almond, both walking arm in arm with each other followed by other Korean officials in Pyongyang, Korea. Wounded on litter is removed from ambulance, carried toward a building. A jeep parked on airstrip.
U.S. Army Air Forces 354th Fighter Group in Normandy. Ground crew run to pull camouflage from P-51 at advance air strip Criqueville (A-2) in Normandy during World War 2. The P-51 prop turns,engine starts, and it taxis forward. The name "Bonnie B II" is painted on the fuselage, and 17 swastikas are painted below the cockpit. A Mustang is painted on the tail. It's serial number is 43-12375. The aircraft stops. The name, Captain Don M. Beerbower,is painted below the cockpit. He stands up and climbs out of the airplane, wearing his oxygen mask and helmet. Scene shifts to a loudspeaker in a control facility.A soldier is seen talking on the radio in a plexiglassed enclosure. A flight of P-51s approaches the field. They break off and proceed to buzz the field. (Note concerning Captain Beerbower,of Hill City, Minnesota, seen in this clip. He served as acting Commander of the 353rd Fighter Squadron and was later promoted to Major. He was Commander of the 353rd Fighter Squadron when killed in action, by ground fire while flying his P-51, Bonnie B II, leading an attack on a German airfield near Reims, France, on August 9, 1944. His decorations included: the DSC, Silver Star,DFC (3), Air Medal (26), British DFC, Purple Heart, Distinguished Unit Citation and Campaign Medals.)
U.S. soldiers on a Patton M-48 tank move forward in desert maneuvers in the United States. U.S. soldiers with a gun mounted on a tank. A soldier speaks over a radio. A soldier wearing helmet and headphones. Soldiers on tanks move forward. A tower in the foreground. Tanks parked in a line and soldiers around the tank. Tanks on sandy terrain. A soldier in a jeep speaks over a radio.
U.S. Army crews operate M-48 Patton tanks in a sandy terrain in the United States. Various maneuvers are demonstrated. Mountains in the background. Soldiers wearing helmet. Dust rises as the tank moves. U.S. Military trucks and jeeps visible.
U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M Valenti, Commander of the 618th Military Airlift Support Squadron, is asked about U.S. Air Force Airlift operations. He is seated in an easy chair, with a photograph of a C-5 aircraft on the wall behind him. The Colonel speaks about the C-5 as part of the Air Force strategic airlift fleet comprising C-5s, C-141s and the CRAF (Civil Reserve Airlift Fleet). Asked about the impact of the C-5, he mentions the variety of military equipment it is capable of carrying worldwide. He mentions how C-5s and C-141 aircraft were able to move a complete U.S. Air Force Tactical Fighter Wing to Thailand in 9 days.He contrasts that to more than a month required for a similar move during the Korean war.
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