United States troops of the 101st Airborne Division parade on snow covered road through Bastogne, Belgium in winter during World War II. Crowds of Belgian civilians stand on the sidewalk to watch military marching band, buildings and trees covered in snow. Sign with the 101st Airborne Division insignia and words “Bastogne Bastion of the battered bastards of the 101st.”. 101st Airborne Division troops hold the United States flag as they march through the streets. Major General Troy Middleton of the VIII Corps and other military officials stand on the sidewalk to review the troops. Military trucks and Jeeps drive on the streets of Bastogne. Major General Middleton and General Anthony C. McAuliffe lead the way in a Jeep, followed by another military police Jeep equipped with a very bent wire catcher and a passenger actuating the manual windshield wiper by hand . United States soldiers casually recline and sit on top of truck. A soldier reads a speech. A banner made by the townspeople of Bastogne reads “F.N.I. Bastogne”. A man goes onstage to hand over the banner. The 101st Airborne Division receives a banner from the man, who represents the townspeople of Bastogne. A Roman Catholic chaplain makes the Sign of the Cross. Soldier holds the VIII Corps Memorandum Receipt from the 101st Airborne Division. Soldier blows a trumpet. Major General Middleton and General J. Lawton Collins review the troops in Bastogne. Medals for the 101st Airborne Division. Major General Middleton decorates the 101st Airborne Division for their heroism during the Siege of Bastogne. A soldier smiles as General Middleton pins a medal on him.
United States Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron performs a stunt flight demonstration in Naples, Italy as part of its European Tour during the Cold War. Blue Angels flying over Naples Bay. Buses are seen in the foreground. People crowding around the buses as they get a glimpse of the airshow. Flag of the United States flying from a flagpole between the Italian flag and the flag of Naples in mid background. A single Blue Angels fighter barrel rolling over the bay moving into inverted flight. The formation of fighters splitting up, fanning out while in mid-air, still climbing; one fighter leaves the scene to the left. The Blue Angels fighter aircraft in tight formation, flying over the Bay of Naples. Front view of the six Blue Angels aircraft in "V" formation, approaching from the background. The United States flag and the Naples flag in the foreground.
Aerial view of a small United States air strip in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-123 Provider aircraft lands on a tiny airstrip. Vietnamese boys sitting watch the aircraft land. United States Air Force and South Vietnamese soldiers unload supplies from aircraft. Views of captured North Vietnamese Vietcong rebel soldiers. A vietcong prisoner squatting. Soldiers tie up captured Vietcong rebels lying down on aircraft floor. Soldiers assist North Vietnamese prisoners of war (POW) with hands tied behind their backs to exit helicopter after landing. A United States aircraft drops crates of supplies and cattle in flight. Cow mooing is heard. An officer communicates through walkie talkie. Crate parachutes activate during descent. Soldiers in Jeep. A Vietnamese soldier inspect cattle in crate.
Crates of supplies, trucks, and a crane at a United States Army base in Burma during World War II. Men unloading barrels of oil in Burma. Two of them are wearing Indian turbans. Rows of barrels and sheds with supplies destined for China. Shells to be shipped to China. United States Army troops loading shells into trucks and aircraft. Allied infantries advance under Republic P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft cover. Gun camera view of 1st Air Commando group P-47 fighter strafing Japanese positions and buildings in Central Burma, 90 miles southwest of Mandalay. Some Japanese areas on fire. British infantry advancing on the ground as United States fighters provide cover. Explosion in Japanese installment.
United States Air Force VIPs and officers listen to a speech during the roll-out and christening of F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter aircraft in Saint Louis, Missouri. VIPs include Assistant Air Force Secretary (R&D) Grant L. Hansen and his wife, General William Momyer (TAC), General George Brown (AFSC), General Jack Catton (MAC), General Jack Merrell (AFLC), Lieutenant General George Simler (ATC), Lieutenant General James Stewart (ASD); Lieutenant General Otto F. Glasser (DC8) - R&D), Major General Benjamin Bellis (F-15 SPO), and Brigadier General Donald Nunn (USAF Contract Management Div). Cameramen record the event with cameras. Banner above cameramen and crowd reads “United States Air Force 25th Anniversary”. A United States Air Force official makes a speech. McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighter taxiing to display position on ramp. The pilot on the F-15 aircraft debarking. He shakes hands with Mrs. Iris Rose Hansen, wife of Grant L. Hansen.
A motorcade for United States President John F. Kennedy passes crowded Hainerberg Circle in Wiesbaden, Germany. Photographers take photos of President Kennedy and his aides. President Kennedy shakes hands with United States Air Force officers and crew during his visit. President Kennedy speaks with Commander of United States Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon. President Kennedy greets and shakes hands with crowd of German civilians from behind fence. Honor guards salute the president and General Landon. President Kennedy and General Landon board Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000).
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