King Neptune ceremonies aboard United States Coast Guard Cutter in the Atlantic Ocean. Sailors dressed as King and Queen Neptune. Sailors dressed in shorts are sprayed with water. Actors in costumes get on a stage. The King and the Queen speak to the captain. Sailors dressed in uniforms stand in a line. King Neptune on the stage. Three sailors with their heads on a wooden slab.
United States C-47 Aircraft parked in Stuttgart, Germany. U.S. Representative Joseph B Deveroe of the House Arms Service Committee disembarks from the aircraft. He is greeted by Lieutenant General Henry R Hodes, 7th Army and Theodore Hadruba, Consul General. The officials converse with each other. They leave in their respective cars.
A United States C-47 Aircraft taxis and halts in Stuttgart, Germany. U.S. Representative Joseph B Deveroe of the House Armed Services Committee disembarks from the aircraft. He is greeted by Lieutenant General Henry R Hodes, 7th Army and Theodore Hadruba, Consul General. The officials converse with each other.
Operation New Life in Vietnam. A board reads 'Freight Terminal Department, Naval Supply Depot'. Wooden makeshift shower facilities. A Red Cross flag flutters on a pole. United States officers seated inside a tent. Number of wheelchairs next to the tent.
The freighter SS Transcolorado (chartered by the U.S. Military Sealift Command, as a civilian cargo ship, designated T-AK-2005) arrives in Guam carrying at-risk South Vietnamese refugees who will be temporarily housed there under Operation New Life. (Later, most will be transferred to the United States under Operation New Arrivals.) Views of the refugees, including many children, on the deck of the ship. U.S. Marines carry a sick, or injured person from the ship on a litter. Families descend gangplank to the pier, where they are guided to hastily set up reception center. Grocery carts are employed to assist refugees carrying belongings. Local people line up to distribute items, including flip flops, to the refugees, as they pass along the pier. A merchant marine sailor assists one of the families. A woman dressed in white intercepts a Vietnamese woman carrying a small child, and directs her to a tent set up as a "Baby Center." (Many tents are seen in the background.) Inside the Baby Center, reception workers prepare food and items needed for baby care. Several Vietnamese refugee women sit on a bench in the tent, with their babies.
General Omar N. Bradley visits Hawaii. The General at a formal lunch. A flag of the United States in the background. Military officials seated at table eat a meal. General Bradley speaks and the officials listen carefully to him. They stand and clap.
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