USAF Modular dining hall at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand. Thai women working in "Clipper" cleaning remnants from plates and stacking them in bins for washing machines. One woman poses while sorting silverware, and smiles broadly. Thai woman serves ice cream to airmen at dessert station in the dining hall. Women serving spaghetti and tomato sauce to airmen. A Thai man cooking chicken in the kitchen. Women peeling carrots and preparing a platter of food.
Chandelier on ceiling of East Room. President Richard M Nixon making introductory address during Medal of Honor award ceremony at White House, Washington DC. Winner. Three Medal of Honor winners and President Nixon.
Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) is commissioned at Newport News, Virginia. View of Enterprise in harbor. Planes on the deck of the ship. Sailors salute as dignitaries arrive for commissioning ceremony. John Bowden Connally, Jr., Secretary of Navy, officiates the ceremony. John Connally seen walking on the deck toward the podium area.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress taking off from Isley Field, Saipan, during World War Two. View of Pilot at controls. View from nose of aircraft as it flies very low over ships in the water. Crew members in flight gear plus life vests (also known as Mae West jackets) are sweating from tropical heat at low altitude. B-29s moving as they taxi to line up for takeoff. A Curtiss C-46 Commando flies overhead. Seen are B-29s of Saipan-based 73rd Bomb Wing's 497th Bomb Group (Tail Code "A"), 499th Bomb Group (Tail Code "V") and 500th Bomb Group (Tail Code "Z"). Also seen are aircraft of the 314th Wing, stationed on Guam, including those of 39th Bomb Group (Tail Code "P") as well as B-29s of the Tinian-based 313th Wing's 9th Bomb Group (Tail Code "X") and 6th Bomb Group (Tail Code "R"). Views of the B-29s taking off. Name on one aircraft, "The Rocket," can be seen. B-29 taking off directly over camera. Ground operations and departures being controlled by a controller/dispatcher on radio telephone. Formation of B-29s overhead. Interior of a B-29 in flight, showing gunner relaxing at his position. View of crew inside B-29 bomber.
Two U.S.soldiers ask directions from a Japanese man hauling wood with his bullock cart , while walking westward, on the road of current day Japanese National Route 20 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. One of the soldiers refers to a Japanese phrase book in an effort to communicate. The man tries to direct the soldiers. He points in different directions with his hands in response to their perceived questions. At the end of their conversation, the Japanese man removes his hat and bows. The two soldiers continue their walk. (World War II period).
Phone talker on sponson deck in Sea of Japan. A sailor fires a line gun to the USS O'Bannon (DD-450). Silhouette view, three men on sponson deck taking in a small line. USS O' Bannon alongside port. Fuel lines framed, hanging from a side of USS Enterprise. Crew of O' Bannon hauling in a line. Fuel lines hanging. Looking down, a fuel line being hauled over to the O'Bannon. Bo'sun mate giving instructions. Man is tending the winch drum off to the left. 1st class BM issuing orders. Two men, wearing life jackets and hard hats looking off towards the O' Bannon. Several men beyond the winch on the sponson deck. Port bow view, USS O' Bannon alongside during refueling. Part of Enterprise off to right.
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