View from the icebreaker, USS Burton Island (AGB-1) as she approaches the two-square-mile King Island, at the Western most tip of Alaska. A village of simple dwellings is seen on the sharply sloped rocky side of the island. Local inhabitants gather at the shore to greet the arriving icebreaker. The crew lowers a gangway and villagers accept the invitation to come aboard the ship. The local Priest, Village Leader, and two school teachers are among several local people seen on the ship's deck during their visit. Eskimo women and children wait on shore with their children until being assured by their leaders and men that it is safe for them to visit. Several of the ship's company are invited to visit the village and are seen climbing up the steep way upward. View of house perched against steep mountainside, with skin boat laid up for winter, underneath. Clothing on washline. A larger building with a short wave radio. View from high up in village toward the icebreaker. Sailors climbing down the steep stairs from the village at the end of their visit. Some of them slip and slide down the hillside. Crew try hand at catching king crab through a hole in the ice. A large catch of king crab. View from the icebreaker as she departs Southward away from King Island.
Tactical communications equipment being operated by the 124th Signal Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, during the Vietnam War. An Army technician turns on a piece of radio equipment in a rack and picks up a phone to monitor as he makes adjustments. He moves to several other boxes in a large array of equipment in racks, and makes adjustments in them. Closeup of one piece of equipment shows gauges for measure and frequency drift and technician's hand on the control for output adjustment. The technician holds phone to his ear as he makes adjustments to the radio equipment.
Air attacks against Italy during World War II. A map of Italy shows aerial bombings around Viterbo. Bombed railroad tracks between Viterbo and Fabrica di Roma. On April 21, 1944 an aircraft drops bombs on a bridge. Two 2500 bombs being dropped on a railroad track. A truck on a road being strafed. A truck and a tank car being strafed.
Air attacks against Italy during World War II. A map of Italy shows the location of Canino. Aerial views of the bombing of Canino airstrip on April 23, 1944. A German ME-109 aircraft being shot down. The ME-109 aircraft descends as it emits smoke. An airstrip under attack. Heavy firing takes place. Gun positions being attacked.
Allied air attacks against Italy during World War II. A map of Italy shows the location of Orte. Aerial views of strafing of an armored car on a road as smoke rises. A truck being hit and an explosion occurs.
Allied air attacks against Italy during World War II. A map of Italy shows the location of Attigliano. Aerial views of strafing of a railroad line. 500 pound bombs being dropped. Billows of smoke rise as the bombs hit the target. Two trucks on a road being strafed as explosions occur. A railroad bridge with bomb crates around it. The bridge under attack as smoke rises.
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