United States 969th Field Artillery Unit in France during World War II. An African American soldier of the unit near a howitzer. A soldier receives firing order over a field phone. The howitzer is fired. The soldier speaks over the phone. The battery of the howitzer being fired. Smoke rises
United States Coast Guard in Operation Desert Storm. A heavily sandbagged bunker is seen on sand, in front of several maritime shipping containers.A view inside, reveals an armed U.S. Coast Guard Port Securityman on duty. A rugged signpost outside points to Phoenix,AZ, 11,915 miles; Ft. Eustice, VA,11,759 miles; Playboy Mansion,11,530 miles; Los Angeles,11,519 miles; and Baghdad, 18 minutes Scud missile time. Scene shifts to American actress, Brooke Shields, in camouflage fatigue uniform, surrounded by similarly dressed U.S. Coastguard securitymen of a Port Security Unit in Bahrain. Brooke Shields wears a blue cap bearing a triangular unit insignia, or logo. She is later seen signing autographs for the Coast Guard personnel and handing out packages labelled "GI Christmas Gift Pac. Merry Christmas from the folks back home. Thank you for your sacrifices to protect our American way of life."
'UN Forces escape trap' about the United Nations forces during the Korean War. A map of Manchuria shows the position of United Nations troops along the Manchurian border. Position of the UN forces as the Chinese Red Army drived them away from the border. UN troops along the38th Parallel. United States 7th Infantry Division troops move up snow covered mountains along the Chinese and North Korean border. Supporting planes strafe the snow covered hills. A view of the frozen Yalu river along the border in North Korea.
United Nation Forces retreat during the Korean War following the Red Chinese aggression. Entrapped United States 1st Marine Division men reach Hamhung, Korea. Soldiers loaded in trucks as they come to Hamhung from Chosin Reservoir. A Chinese prisoners with a solid ice sheet around his feet. United Nation forces being evacuated from Hungnam. Military trucks and vehicles being loaded aboard Landing Ship Tanks and ships. Litter wounded being transferred onto landing crafts. Troops aboard the landing crafts. Troops being transferred onto a ship from the crafts. U.S. Major General Smith and soldiers at a grave yard during a burial as a man blows a bugle. Soldiers lined up as they pay their last respects to the dead.
Dwight David Eisenhower being inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States. The inauguration ceremony in Washington DC. Band marching on the street. People gather in a large number on the street to watch the ceremony. President Eisenhower seated in a car moving on the street. He waves towards the cheering crowd. People throw confetti from a building. People applauding. various military units marching. Cavalry units passing on the street. Cameramen recording the event. President Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon watching the ceremony.
President Franklin D Roosevelt in Des Monies, Iowa. Presidential motorcade arrives at the State Capitol. President and other officials enter the building. President Roosevelt along with Governor Alf Landon of Kansas and other executive members of drought affected states. They discuss the measures to be taken to provide relief to these states. The dignitaries come out of the Capitol and President Roosevelt waves to the crowd.
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