Marines rolling cargo bundle off a parachute during the Vietnam War. A forklift places military cargo onto a truck. View of soldier driving forklift. African American soldier drives truck stacked cargo away. An African American Marine pulling parachute ropes. Forklift moves cargo parcel onto truck bed.
A truck drives up in front of a U.S. Army Air Corps Keystone B-6A biplane bomber at a hangar on Langley Field. The U.S. airmen move supplies from truck to plane. Aerial view of Tangier Island through wing of B-6A plane. The island is surrounded by ice. The bundles of food being dropped through bomb bay of B-6A onto Tangier Island. Distant views of planes over snow covered Tangier Island.
Various activities of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams in Okinawa, Japan. A truck passes through a road. Stacks of explosives piled in the foreground beside the road. Stacks of explosives are covered with rust and corrosion. Men get off from the back of a truck. Stacks of explosives piled near the back of the truck. Large piles of explosives being loaded onto truck manually. A man hands over rusty bombs to another man. Stacks of hollow blocks piled behind another man. A truck with explosives backing up to a boat. “U.S. Air Force” written at the back of truck.
Various activities of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams in Okinawa, Japan. A man guides a backing truck. Shirtless men unloading large dud shell from truck into a pit and then placing a charge on side to explode and dispose of it. A man climbs down the pit. Soldiers inspecting large dud shell lying down. Soldiers prepare to set off the bomb. A single bomb shell covered with corrosion.
Various activities of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams in Okinawa, Japan. Staff sergeant Dixson and Technical sergeant Ross are loading large dud shell onto truck carefully using a chain and hoist. Officers close the tailgate of the truck. Truck tailgate words read “U.S. Air Force”. Sign reads “Explosive Disposal”. Man turns sign that reads “Explosives Bakuhatsu butsu (detonation products)” in English and Japanese. Truck drives away. A technical sergeant setting off blast from bunkers, personnel squatting by same. A sergeant wearing sunglasses setting off blast from bunker. A broad demolition explosion.
Various activities of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams in Okinawa, Japan. A staff sergeant takes a phone call. Staff sergeant Irwin talking on the phone. An alert crew chatting and laughing in the background. The staff sergeant hollers at the crew. Crew enters their truck. Truck front end reads “Explosive Disposal”. The staff sergeant handles location and data to truck driver. Sergeant climbs aboard the truck. Man holds the location paper. Th truck reverses out of the parking position. Crewmen in truck. An airman speaks to an Okinawan guard about the shell. Both the airman and the Okinawan guard point to the position of the shell in the grassy field. The emergency crew arriving on truck to the scene. Okinawan guard standing on roadway watching. Crewmen remove the grass surrounding the shell. Truck back up to the shell.
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