Lt. General Carl Spaatz and Major General James Doolittle of the United States Twelfth Air Force, along with Colonel Willis, as well as other American officers at a presentation ceremony of Curtiss P-40 aircraft to French Major-General Bergeret and other French officers. Excellent close-up views of Spaatz and Doolittle. The P-40 Warhawk planes are presented by U.S. to the French Lafayette Escadrille in Morocco. Several P-40s lined outside a hangar. A C-47 Skytrain "Gooney Bird" in the background. The Lafayette Escadrille squadron insignia, French Air Service insignia, and the French tricolor painted on the planes. Soldier walks past the airplanes. The military band with bombers in the background. United States and French officers talk as they hold a cut out of the squadron insignia. (World War II period).
United States troops in North Africa during World War 2. The American flag flies atop ruins of a French fort in North Africa. Ruins of the fort. Soldiers outside the ruins. The drum and bugle unit and a squad of soldiers with rifles march into the fort. Binoculars hanging on a sign board stating 'NEW YORK CITY - MAYOR MOLOTOV'. Soldiers sitting in the background and another one on a bicycle. The band and squad emerges from the ruins. A soldier with binoculars around his neck stands near the sign board. Soldiers among pup tents near the ruins. View of the landscape around the ruins. View of a house.
Allied officers at a retreat ceremony in Casablanca, Morocco. United States Army General Mark Clark, American, British, French Army and Navy officers attend the ceremony. Allied troops march on the road. Soldiers with the French flag. Soldiers with rifles. United States General Mark Clark salutes the troops as they march by. Soldiers with the folded American flag. Allied officers salute during the ceremony. The American and British flags. (World War II period).
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. The gathering of military officers and government officials. The President arrives. Band plays as officers salute. Cameramen capture the event on film. Citations are read by a Naval Officer. President awards the medal to Sgt Hiroshi Miyamura, United States Army, and congratulates him. He then awards the medal to Lt James L Stone, United States Army and congratulates him.
Battle of Eniwetok during World War II. United States flag at half mast. United States soldiers and officers on a ship. Dead bodies of U.S. soldiers on stretchers. Officer reads a prayer. The U.S. flag. Soldiers salute. U.S. officers and soldiers on Landing Craft Personnel (LCP). Soldiers unload equipment from LCP. Soldiers carry wounded on a stretcher. Soldiers carry dead bodies on stretchers. Dead bodies on Island.
U.S. 5th Marine Regiment are inspected by Generals in France during World War I. U.S. troops march forward with a U.S. flag in their hands. French General Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre and U.S. General John Joseph Pershing with a U.S. officer. General Pershing talks to the officer. The officer points out at a particular area. General Pershing and General Joffre in conversation. Officers stand behind them. A United States flag in the background. General Pershing, General Joffre and a U.S. officer salute. Officers stand at attention. U.S. and French General stand and U.S. officers on horse backs pass them. U.S. troops stand in the background. The troops march with rifles in their hands. The Generals inspect the troops. They salute when the troops cross them while marching. Flags of France and United States. U.S. and French troops stand in a line and at attention behind the Generals. U.S. troops march and the Generals inspect them. U.S. officers on horse backs followed by U.S. troops. General Joffre salutes and General Pershing stands next to him. U.S. troops march along with horse carts. Both the Generals shake hands. U.S. soldiers stand in a group. General Joffre talks to them. They salute him. A French officer. General Pershing with U.S. troops. The Generals get in a car.
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