Troops of the First Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) practice setting the elevation of a Stokes mortar, at their training area in Gondrecourt, France, during World War 1. Next, a soldier removes a mortar round from a box. He installs its fuse and screws in its propelling cartridge. He then hands it to another soldier who drops it into a stokes mortar and it fires. A soldier holds up pieces of fractured metal, probably fragments of an exploded mortar bomb.
Exterior view of the White House in Washington DC, USA. President Richard Nixon converses with CIA Director Richard Helms in the Presidential suite. Another man sitting on a couch listens to their conversation.
Aerial views of jungle in Vietnam. American F-100 aircraft strafing and bombing targets in jungle. General Purpose (GP) bombs are dropped over several targets in the dense jungle. Smoke rises as GP bomb bursts. (Vietnam War period).
An American O-1E aircraft takes off from the An Khe Air Base in Vietnam. C-130E aircraft takes off followed by another O-1E. (Vietnam War period).
An American O-1E aircraft takes off from the An Khe Air Base in Vietnam. The aircraft disappears in the clouded skies. The aircraft lands back safely on the runway. (Vietnam War period).
American soldiers of 442nd Infantry 34th Division recover from wounds and seated outside a hospital tent in Italy. (Members of the 442nd Regiment were mostly Americans of Japanese ancestry.) A man enters the scene and hands them newspapers to read. The convalescents talk, smile and read newspapers. They read the 'Pacific Citizen'. Soldiers read 'Yank' magazine.
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