U.S. Army Special Forces troops wade along a stream, carrying M-16s and one carrying a .30 caliber M1919-A6 Browning machine gun. C-119 transport aircraft dropping paratroopers. Troopers on the ground gather up their chutes. Supplies being airdropped. U.S. forces firing small arms. U.S. Army operations in South Vietnam. Closeup of weary Vietnamese Army soldiers. U.S. Army Bell UH-1 Iroquois (AKA Huey) helicopters flying low over jungles and over a bridge along a river. Soldiers in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. They exhange gunfire with enemies below. On the ground, U.S. Forces in firefight with Viet Cong. U.S. troops jumping to the ground from a helicopter and wading in a river. South Vietnamese and American Wounded being placed aboard an evacuation helicopter. Chopper taking off amidst ground fire. U.S. troops seeking cover as they run from downed helicopter, under fire.
American soldiers in fortified position firing 81mm mortar in support of U.S. infantry in Germany during final months of World War 2, in Europe. Early in February,1945, U.S. soldiers of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 313th Regiment, 79th Division, are seen supplementing their ammunition with captured German 80mm mortar shells. Closeup of the U.S. 81mm mortar shell next to a German 80mm shell. M Company soldiers firing the German shells from their 81mm mortars at German targets across the Mulde River. They are operating amongst homes in a residential area. Explosions in distance from the mortar shells.
Change of command ceremony of United states 7th Naval fleet ship on board Bon Homme Richard, CV-31, in Yokosuka,Japan. Vice Admiral S.H. Ingersoll speaks at the speaker's stand as Vice Admiral W.M. Beakley,the new commander of the fleet, sits in a chair. The two officers salute and the officers in audience salute in response. Vice Admiral W.M. Beakley, the new fleet commander,gives a speech at the ceremony.
A tug pulls an FJ-3M of Navy Squadron VF-211 (Red Checkertails) along the deck of the USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) in waters off California. Another FJ-3M, of the squadron, is towed along the deck. Tail code "G" of Carrier Group 21 is clearly seen on the aircraft. Vews of underside of aircraft where Sidewinder missile is affixed. Two safety tags are shown, labeled 'Remove before take off."
Opening scenes show formations of World War 2 Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers in flight. Slate reads: "Pearl Harbor December 7,1941." U.S. B-17 bombers are parked on an airfield. Ships and facilities are seen at the Pearl Harbor Naval station in Hawaii. Views of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers flying in formation above clouds. Explosions and fire destroying aircraft and facilities at the Ford Island Naval Air Station. The USS Arizona burning and filling the air with heavy black smoke as she lists and sinks from bombing. Subsequent views of the destruction wrought by the bombing.
M-29 cargo carrier stops along hill side. American soldiers wearing parkas and with snow all around unload parts of 75 mm pack Howitzer from M-29 cargo carrier and assemble them. Soldiers push a Howitzer down the steep grade. (World War II period).
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