United States General Joseph Stilwell discusses plan with Major General Frank Dow Merrill during World War 2. Insignia of the China Burma India Theater (CBI). Nationalist Chinese soldiers march toward a United States Army Air Force transport plane to India. USA Army Air Force plane takes off, heading for India. At the U.S. Army Chinese Training and Combat Command at Ramgarh, India, Chinese soldiers train under the United States Army leadership. Aerial view of tents and buildings at Ramgarh. General Stilwell personally instructs Chinese soldiers as they shoot at targets while in prone position. Chinese troops charge out of a trench, crawl with guns under barbed wire, and avoid gun fire and explosions. India Command Formation insignia. British General Archibald Wavell inspects soldiers in formation. General Archibald Wavell shares a map with Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck, who was made Commander in Chief, India, for the British. British Indian soldiers seen in training, as they lift logs, jump over obstacles, climb ropes, and practice jumping from a parked airplane fuselage during parachute training. Next, soldiers are seen jumping out of an aircraft in flight with parachutes. British Indian soldiers descending with parachutes. United States soldiers unload supplies. Allied soldiers marching. Indian infantry marching in farmland. Gurkha soldiers from Nepal march with donkeys. Naga headhunters from Assam and northwestern Burma. East and West African soldiers. British colonial regiment, the Burma Rifles marching. Soldiers from the Kachin people of Burma and Southwestern China. Allied soldiers in India coming from various races- Scots, Irish, English, Welsh, Australian, New Zealander, Indian, Gurkha, Burman, African, Chinese and American. Multinational army from Allied countries.
Italian fighter pilots train in Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) crewmen put on helmets and climb the ladder of a fighter jet. United States Air Force instructors and Aeronautica Militare students in Mess dress watch the fighter jet taking off. Italian Air Force pilots wave at their colleagues from the tarmac. Italian Air Force pilots visit The Alamo Mission (300 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX 78205, United States ) during their free time in Texas. A car passes by the Italian Embassy (2700 16th St NW, Washington, D.C., DC 20009, USA) in Washington DC. A man exits the Italian Embassy. Italian Ambassador to the United States, Manlio Giovanni Brosio, speaks from his office. Ambassador Brosio speaks about his role as the Italian ambassador in raising awareness of Italy in the United States. Ambassador Brosio says that Italy known in the United States not only for its art, history, natural beauty but also as a modern and productive country- the new, postwar Italy is known in America today.
Arlington County landmarks at daytime. The Pentagon (Washington, DC 22202, United States) in Arlington County from across the Potomac River. United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Arlington, VA 22209, United States), also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial, in Arlington County, Virginia. Late summer day view of the United States flag as it waves from the memorial statue. Several Washington DC landmarks such as the U.S. Capitol dome, Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial are seen in the background. View of Washington DC from Arlington County. Cars driving on roads near the Pentagon.
United States Commodore Ben Wyatt, the military governor of the Marshall Islands, addresses the natives of Bikini Atoll through his local interpreter James during “Operation Crossroads” (U.S. nuclear weapon testing program). Locals of Bikini Atoll sit down and listen to Wyatt. Other United States Navy personnel are present in the meeting. Interpreter speaks to the natives. A group of United States sailors gather outside a hut. They hold a sign that reads “CROSSROADS TAVERN”. Natives carry belongings and banana or pandan leaves toward LST. A woman carrying a large sack on her shoulders. Natives bring their belongings into a United States LST (Landing Ship, Tank). An outrigger loaded with boxes floats near the LST.
Bikini Atoll natives evacuating and carrying their belongings into a United States LST during preparation for Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon testing by the United States. Children and a dog are also seen on the beach. A small boat in front of the LST entrance. Native boat loaded with personal belongings. Native women carrying banana and pandan leaves on board the LST. A Native boat loaded with personal belongings. United States sailors on top side of LST watching natives loading their gear. DUKW loading with native gear, down to beach for loading onto LST prior to disembarking from Bikini. DUKW driving up onto ramp of LST with natives. Native belongings and gear on board. Native walking up ramp into LST carrying belongings. “1108” written above LST entrance. Natives picking up gear on beach carrying it down to LST. United States sailors on top side of LST watching natives loading their belongings. A small flag is seen behind the sailors. Shirtless U.S. Navy sailors watching natives board the LST.
Rear view of United States Army Bell UH-1 Iroquois “Huey” helicopters during the Vietnam War. U.S. Army helicopter pilot and soldier crew member in cockpit. South Vietnamese soldiers using a field phone. Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter bombers in flight. Aerial bombing of Vietcong positions. An officer points to a map. Hand traces marked positions on the map. Vietnamese civilians evacuate from their homes. An injured civilian is taken on a helicopter. A Vietnamese child cries. Vietnamese children wash their hands and dries them with washcloths. A girl combs her hair. A boy lays a tablecloth and glass on the table. A girl holding a bowl of biscuits. A boy is given a biscuit and eats it. “I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle,” says United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during a news conference at the White House on July 28, 1965. Photographs of various young American men of different backgrounds, some with their girlfriends or working. A photograph of American teenagers or young adults. Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong smiling. A portrait of North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh over a flag of North Vietnam. View of a ship’s bow. The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18) or USS Lexington (CV-16). A Douglas A-4 Skyhawk fighter jet takes off from aircraft carrier. A pair of bombers dropping bombs over Vietnam. Bombs falling from bomber. Aerial view of bombs exploding in North Vietnam. A USMC LVTP-5 amphibious armored personnel carrier. United States Marines land on beach head and moving in jungle. “This, then, my fellow Americans, is why we are in Vietnam.” President Johnson ends his speech.
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