Dr. John A Flag being interviewed. He answers the questions put up before him during the interview.
Film opens showing illustrations of various warriors and soldiers in their miliary garb, from mideaval times, through the Nepoleonic wars, American Revolution, Civil war, American Indian Wars. The illustrations also show Army cadets, Medical officers administering inoculation injections to soldiers. Scenes shift to 20th Century showing American Uh1 (Huey) and CH-47 helicopters and U.S. troops during the Vietnam War. View from a helicopter directing fire from its side door at enemy troops. American soldeirs and jeeps in the Middle East. American Army ski troops moving across snowy terrain in Alaska. American troops assisting people with water supply and building activities in South and Central America. An American Army Captain working with a Republic of Vietnam officer counterpart. Other Amrican soldiers interacting with Asian allies.
Importance of Army being explained in the light of increasing Soviet and Chinese military strength, expanding communism, Cuban missile crisis, Berlin crisis and Korean War. Soviet military parade in Red Square. Chinese Army forces parade in China in review. U.S. Army soldiers in combat in Korean War, with soldier firing machine gun and two soldiers firing a mortar. American tank on streets of Berlin during Berlin Crisis. Fidel Castro speaking from podium at a rally in Cuba. Cuban rebels marching. Still image of Soviet missile sites on Cuban soil during Cuban Missile Crisis. American soldiers and marines in Indochina and soldiers wading in water. A map shows the regions of major conflicts in the world. Three types of wars being enumerated including general war, limited war and insurgencies. A map shows American Army establishments in the country.
Opening scene shows Headquarters, United States Army, Europe (USAREUR) at Campbell Barracks, Heidelberg, Germany. A line of U.S. 7th Army M48 Patton tanks contributing to NATO defenses. One backs out of position. A line of M113 Armored personnel carriers proceeding along a dirt field. A tank destroyer followed by M113 APC. M113s of a U.S. Armored Brigade drive in Berlin, affirming allied rights in the city. Bridge in Italy displays logo of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force (SETAF). A Sergeant Missile Battalion of SETAF provides nuclear capable support to NATO. One of its Sergeant missiles is seen maneuvering on its mobile launch platform. Two Italian soldiers are seen being trained in missile operations. A motorized tractor pulls several wheeled containers of military supplies stockpiled at one of NATO's European storage facilities. More supplies are seen being moved outside a warehouse. Army personnel using keyboards and computer tape drives to keep track of war materiel. Yards full of military hardware, including lines of jeeps, provide backup for military operations. A sign at the Headquarters United States Southern Command in Quarry Heights, Panama. A ship is seen moving through the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal. U.S. and allied soldiers are seen working with ropes to traverse a river, during Jungle Warfare training. Soldiers seen moving through jungle underbrush during training at the Southern Command School of the Americas. Scene shifts to U.S. Army, Alaska at Fort Richardson, near Anchorage. A U.S. M113 APC is seen driving and firing its weapon on a snowy field. Its stops and soldiers in white arctic gear step from a rear hatch to take up positions. A Piasecki H-21 Army helicopter is seen flying low above the terrain. It is equipped with landing gear skis. Rear view of tank moving in snow.
Opening scene shows sign at Fort Monroe, Virginia, Headquarters of the United States Continental Army Command. U.S. Army soldiers come pouring out of their barracks and assemble in formation as non-commissioned officers inspect their personal gear. Inspectors look over closely parked armored vehicles.Troops rush to board CH-47 Helicopter transports. Sign identifying Headquarters United states Strike Command. Views of Exercise Delawar, a United States-Iran joint armed forces combat readiness operation conducted in April 1964 in Iran. (Delawar is a Persian word meaning courageous.) Paratroopers lined up and inspecting their gear as they ready to board through rear door of a transport aircraft.View of Pilot and Copilot in cockpit. Paratroopers jumping from the aircraft. Formation of U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft dropping paratroopers, with chutes clearly visible as they descend. View of troopers exiting rear cargo door of C-130 aircraft. Ground view of paratroopers landing on Iranian desert. Some set up field artillery pieces, others deploy on foot, and some ride in trucks pulling artillery pieces. Change of scene to North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Combat Operations Center. Inside, General John Koehler Gerhart, Commander of NORAD, sits at a deck in a control room with several other officers. Next, officers and non-commissioned officers, e.g. a Master Sergeant, who regularly work in the center are seen at their stations. Army Air Defense personnel run from their ready room to man batteries of Nike-Hercules missiles. An air defense radar site, part of the early warning system. Missiles of the Nike-Hercules battery being raised to firing positions.
Civilians crowded atop a U.S. Army DUKW (amphibious truck) during Army efforts to help them following the Louisiana Hurricane in 1965. Front view of DUKW moving amidst smaller civilian boats. Men in DUKW distributing bread and other food to local people. Men women and children entering an Army tent to receive food.
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