Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Paul McConnell visits Cam Ranh Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. General Paul McConnell and party n staff cars drive past the security gates. General boards HU-1B helicopter. HU-1B helicopter lands at air base. General McConell disembarks from the helicopter and gets into staff cars.
Fleet of United States ships underway. Chief Petty Officer camera man using motion picture camera on ship deck with tripod. Officer briefs sailors with a map in front of them. Lietutnant points out coastal areas on map. Sailors on deck performing welding. Sailor sharpens bolo knives aboard the ship using grinding wheel. Two photographers or camera men, one chief and one enlisted, in conversation on ship deck and examining a motion picture movie camera and a still camera. The officer smokes a pipe. Lieutenant turns on sound of the intercom. Coast Guard personnel below decks play card games like acey-deucey and write letters, as men listen to announcements on ship speaker.
United States Marine Corps of 3rd Infantry Division in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Ordnance small arms repair set up atop a hill. Marine pushes small cart with M-1 rifles on it. He loads the rifles and test fires them on ground. Marines pull small carts loaded with ammunition. Tents in the background. Marine cleans bore of rifles. He dips rifle in cosmoline to avoid rusting.
United States Marine Corps of 5th Marine Regiment undergo individual combat training in Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, during World War II in Pacific theater. Group of Marines practice individual knife fighting. They demonstrate different types of holds during the practice.
Marines of 5th Marine Regiment, United States Marine Corps, undergo landing practice with amphibious vehicles in Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, in Pacific Theater, during World War II. Group of Marines head towards a beach in amphibious vehicles. Marine speaks over a walkie-talkie. Officer instructs group of marines aboard an amphibious vehicle.
United States Marine Corps of the 5th Marine Regiment undergo training at Russell Islands in Solomon Islands during World War II, in the Pacific theater. Marines set up communications gear on beachhead. Plotting board being laid on ground. Radio operator speaks over phone and writes a message on a note pad. Group of Marines advance in forest area with M-4 Sherman tanks. Observation aircraft flies overhead.
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