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President Truman reviews troops of U.S. 2nd Armored Division, enroute to Berlin for Potsdam Conference
July 16, 1945, with President Truman and his party enroute to Berlin Germany, prior to the "Big Three" conference at Potsdam. President Harry S. Truman is seated in right rear of open car. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes sits next to him in the center, and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Personal Chief of Staff to the President, is in the left rear seat. U.S. Army Brigadier. An Army Major General stands beside the car speaking to the occupants. Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan (wearing sun glasses), long time friend and aide to the President, steps close to the car. Scene shifts to the President and his party, standing in a moving vehicle, as they review troops of the 2nd Armored Division, standing in front of their tanks, M10 Tank Destroyers, and other armored vehicles. The President and Secretary Byrnes remove their hats and hold them over their hearts,while military officers render hand salutes as they pass the colors. Views from vehicle passing the formation.View from ground of Presidential party at attention with flag of the 17th Battalion displayed. A Lieutenant from the 17th Armored Engineer Battalion reads a citation and Brigadier General John Howell Collier, Commander, 2nd Armored Division, unfurls unit citation ribbon, that President Truman then ties to the Guidon of Company E, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion. As President Truman reportedly described the event in his diary: "We reviewed the Second Armored Division and tied a citation on the guidon of Company E, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion. General Collier, who seemed to know his stuff, put us in a reconnaissance car built with side seats and no top, just like a hoodlum wagon minus the top on a fire truck, with seats and no hose, and we drove slowly down a mile and a half of good soldiers and some millions of dollars' worth of equipment -- which had amply paid its way to Berlin." (World War II period).
President Truman reviews troops of the 2nd Armored Division, along a section of the autobahn, while traveling to Berlin (WW2)
President Truman's motorcade stops to review troops of the U.S. 2nd Armored Division, along a German highway (autobahn) while enroute to Berlin. The Presidential party, includes Truman, Secretary of State Byrnes, Brigadier General Collier, Brigadier General Vaughan, Fleet Admiral Leahy, and others. They stand on a platform in an Army reconnaissance vehicle while it passes more a mile of parked tanks and other armor, with respective crews standing in front. President Truman and his party salute as they pass the colors. The Presidential limousine and other vehicles follow the reviewing party. The Presidential party stops as Truman presents a Presidential Unit Citation to Company E, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion. (World War II period)
The Naga tribesmen of Nagaland in India receive clothes and other equipment from C-47 crew soldiers for rescuing them.
Naga tribesmen, the tribal people of Nagaland, help and rescue soldiers of a United States Army Air Force C-47 crew in India. Soldiers from C-47 crew distribute clothes and equipment to the Naga tribesmen. Tribesmen and soldiers smoke cigarettes and stand in a group. Tribesmen and soldiers walk through mountains with their belongings. Soldiers meet their other crew members. Crew members greet and thank the Naga tribesmen. (World War II period).
Operation Tidal Wave, during World War II. U.S. B-24s attacking the Ploiesti oil fields and rail marshaling yards in Romania
Aerial views of Operation Tidal Wave, an air attack by B-24 heavy bombers of the United States Army Air Forces on oil refineries around Ploiesti or Ploesti, Romania. during World War II. The 98th and 376th Bomb Groups of 9th Air force and 44th, 93rd, and 389th Bomb Groups of 8th Air Force took part.. Fifty-three aircraft and 660 aircrew were lost in this raid. Views of bombers dropping bombs over the oil refineries,factories,railroad yards and oil fields. Aerial views of destroyed Ploesti oil fields and of the planes climbing out and leaving the area.
U.S. aircraft participating in a NATO military exercise
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter aircraft of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Views of the F-4D Phantoms on the airfield, taking off, and then in the air. A USAF General Dynamics F-111 Ardvark aircraft taxis on the airfield. F-4s are seen in formation in a NATO military exercise. They fire rockets and drop bombs on ground targets including a watch tower. Explosions, fire, and smoke are seen. The watch tower in flames. A uniformed military observer watches from the ground.
U.S. Air Force Consolidated Airlift Command Post at Ramstein Air Base; Air Force transport aircraft
Headquarters building for the United States Seventeenth Air Force at Ramstein Air Base and NATO Command Base in West Germany. View of the building exterior, cars parked out front and flags flying over the building. Inside, an Air Force officer enters a room labeled "USAFE-MAC. Consolidated Airlift Command Post". Inside view of the room are shown with officers on the telephone in front of a large map of Europe. "USAFE Airlift Control Center. Aircraft of the U.S. Air Force taxi on a runway, including several C-130, C-141, and a C-5 readying for taking off. Aerial view of Soviet warships moving together in the sea. A missile is fired from one of the ships. View of Soviet paratroopers jumping from an airplane.
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