A U.S. delegation of former war correspondents visits Normandy, France, 25 years after the Allied invasion of France during World War II. Uniformed United States Honor Guard lined up as officials arrive. Military officers and elected officials along with their wives arrive for a commemoration ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. They include General Omar Bradley and his wife, Esther Buhler Bradley, General J. Lawton Collins, Robert Sargent Shriver (then U.S. Ambassador to France) and his wife Eunice Kennedy Shriver. French and British military generals are also present. Officials and their wives stand at attention. Military officers salute. Officials place wreaths at a memorial, including Shriver, Bradley, and Collins. A U.S. General speaks at a podium addressing the audience. U.S. Army soldiers and U.S. Air Force airmen lined up. Officers salute as officials stand before them. Honor Guards carry an American flag at the ceremony. A sign on a wreath of flowers reads 'From U.S. D Day correspondents' . A correspondent places flowers at the memorial. View of American cemetery filled with white headstones behind crowd at the ceremony.
Unites States forces in Lebanon during the Lebanese crisis. U.S. Army General Paul D. Adams and an officer walk along a dock. U.S. troops carry barrack bags and other equipment as they walk on the pier. A ship in the background. Soldiers walk past a car. Soldiers load barrack bags onto a bus. Brigadier General David W. Gray watches troops on pier.
Unites States forces in Lebanon during the Lebanese crisis. A pilot at the controls of an airborne helicopter. Soldiers rush to get supplies in a filed. The supplies carried by a U.S. Army Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw helicopter. Shadow of the H-34 helicopter as it comes in for landing.
Unites States forces in Lebanon during the Lebanese crisis. Soldiers debark from a troop ship. Soldiers carry barrack bags as they come down the ship's ladder. A soldier helped with a barrack bag as he comes down the ladder.
Unites States forces in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanese crisis. A Lebanese soldier on guard at Beirut International Airport. Soldier on guard as a car drives past in the background. The airport administration building and control tower. Sign on the airport main terminal building reads 'Beirut International Airport'.
Unites States soldiers in Pakistan. Soldiers outside a building with a sign that reads "Headquarters, School of Signals. Established 1947". An American officer teaches the use of American signal equipment to Pakistani soldiers. The flag of Pakistan flying in breeze on a flagpole. Line of T-33A jet aircraft lined up on runway. Pakistani pilot gets into the cockpit of a USAF T-33A jet trainer aircraft. Three T-33A training aircraft take off simultaneously from the airfield, in formation.
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