Girls ride on rubber boats towed behind a motor boat. The girls come out of water on the sandy beach. They sit in an open car and drive to the snow covered mountains of Lake Arrowhead. The girls skiing and Bob-sledding in the snow.
U.S. troops aboard USS Bayfield (APA-33) during Operation Piranha on the White Beach, Cap Batangan, Vietnam. Troops on the deck of USS Bayfield wait for transportation to the beachhead. Crew member swab the deck of the ship. Two armored personnel carriers LVTP-5s (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) in water. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army Operation Piranha on the White Beach, Cap Batangan, Vietnam. Armored personnel carriers LVTP-5s (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) in water. One LVTP-5 underway near the side of a ship. Three LCTP-5s and one LCM-10 (Landing Craft, Mechanized) underway. An APD (high speed transport ship) at anchor. A man in a boat over the telephone. A U.S. Navy Sikorsky UH-34D helicopter on the deck of an LSD (Landing Ship, Dock). UH-34D takes off from USS Cabildo (LSD-16). (Vietnam War period).
Operation Piranha at White Beach in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. United States Marine personnel moving down combination ladder of the USS Bayfield (APA-33) with their packs and rifles. Marines board a waiting LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) alongside. LCVP in water. (Vietnam War period).
United States Military Academy air indoctrination at Eglin Air Force base in United States. U.S. aircraft B-29 in flight. Parachute attachment and A-3 lifeboat dropped from the plane. Coastline in the background. Two parachutists jump in water from C-47 aircraft. Trees and houses on coast. Men aboard a lifeboat. Men swim out to men who are in rubber life raft. SA-16 approaches for landing. It lands on water and taxis. Pier in view. Men in rubber raft. Cadets walk towards trees on coast. Military dependants bathe on beach. Rubber life raft loads in water. Flare smoke arising from boat. Motor launch underway at sea. Two parachutists descend.
April 11, 1952 First Lieutenant Lloyd Burke, USA, Corporal Rodolfo Hernandez, USA Technical Sergeant Harold E. Wilson, USMC Scene is the portico of the White House, by the Rose Garden, in Washington, DC. President Harry S. Truman is placing the Medal of Honor, around the neck of First Lieutenant Lloyd Burke, U.S. Army. Members of his family stand behind, along with General Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Closeup of photographers taking pictures. Next, the President presents the Medal of Honor to Corporal Rodolfo Hernandez, U.S. Army as a relative watches. Finally, the last recipient, Technical Sergeant Harold E. Wilson, U.S. Marine Corps, receives his medal from the President, as family members stand nearby . Closeup of President Truman shaking hands at once with the three honorees at the same time. All of them smile. View from several feet away, as the President, flanked by the medal recipients, makes a few remarks from a podium. A group of cinematographers takes motion pictures. Closeup of the Presidential Seal on the podium. Closeup of Lieutenant Burke. Closeup of Corporal Hernandez. Closeup of Sergeant Wilson. Closeup of the Medal of Honor worn by Corporal Hernandez.
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