United States Marine Corps (USMC) fighter jet drops an incendiary bomb over the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) during the time Operation Hastings and Operation Prairie were in progress during the Vietnam War. A fiery explosion erupts from bomb hitting the ground. A Marine firing a machine gun at enemy positions while in flight. Lima Company, 3rd Marines, rescuing India Company Marines, carrying injured to a Sikorsky H-34 helicopter. Two Marines carrying an injured Marine stumble to the ground as gunshots are fired. They make it to the helicopter. Marines firing with a M2 Browning machine gun, rifle, and throwing a grenade. Another Marine holds the ammunition belt. A Marine digs under a tree stump and buries plastic explosives. The Marine ignites the explosives and moves away from the tree stump before it explodes. Helicopter picking up casualties in the combat zone. The Marines chopping wood and trees. A Marine holds on to a rope as the helicopter evacuates him. Marine setting up an explosive charge on tree stump. He inserts det cord and actuates it. Explosion from an explosive charge in the jungle. Trees fall to the ground while Marines clear the jungle for helicopters. A Marine using hand signals to guide a helicopter landing. More casualties are evacuated from the combat zone. Marines cover their ears as they fire a mortar. On 3 August, fighter drops a bomb during Operation Prairie. An artillery crew with the 4th Marines fires a howitzer on 13 August. Smoke rises from North Vietnamese position on the right side of a mountain. A battalion of Marines fighting in combat A Marine wraps wounded head with gauze. An officer gives command over field telephone. Aircraft dropping bombs and Marines firing at North Vietnamese forces on a hill using M40 recoilless rifles mounted on M274 Mechanical Mules.
President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the United States public at a White House news conference about the Vietnam War on July 28, 1965. “We do not seek the destruction of any government, nor do we covet a foot of any territory. But we insist and we will always insist that the people of South Vietnam shall have the right of choice, the right to shape their own destiny in free elections in the South or throughout all Viet-Nam under international supervision, and they shall not have any government imposed upon them by force and terror so long as we can prevent it… We do not want an expanding struggle with consequences that no one can perceive, nor will we bluster or bully or flaunt our power, but we will not surrender and we will not retreat,” says President Johnson,
Atomics International engineers working on test and development work on reactor components during the construction of the Sodium Reactor Experiment nuclear power plant at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California, United States. A scientist studies the weight of a metal tube. Scientists study mockup fuel elements irradiated in the thermal column of a research reactor. A hydraulic loop was used to simulate sodium flow conditions on top of a tower. Scientist inserts a hydraulic loop. Sodium flowing as seen from the hydraulic loop experiment. Full scale mockup of the fuel handling system was checked mechanically. A prototype coolant pump being studied using a temperature sodium loop. A scientist pushes some buttons of a machine. Machine gauge measures temperature in Fahrenheit. A scientist in protective suit turns a wheel. Scientists lower heavy tube.
A badly wounded United States Marine on stretcher on Iwo Jima during World War II. His neck bandage is blood-soaked. Soldiers carry and place wounded Marines aboard a Douglas DC-3 transport plane for medical air evacuation. Douglas DC-3 transport planes in airfield before take-off.
A United States Army Douglas DC-3 transport plane taxis before take-off at Iwo Jima Naval Base during World War II. Another Douglas DC-3 transport plane approaches and lands at the airfield. A Douglas DC-3 taking off.
Soldiers lay injured Marines down on the ground on Iwo Jima during World War II. A wounded U.S. Marine lying on stretcher talks to a soldier. A wounded Marine on stretcher is given a whole blood transfusion. A medic holds blood transfusion bottle. The medic talks to the Marine receiving a transfusion. Soldiers placing wounded Marines aboard a Douglas DC-3 transport plane for medical air evacuation. The Douglas DC-3 transport plane taxis and takes off from the airfield. Some Jeeps drive in the foreground.
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