The U.S. president John Fitzgerald Kennedy outlines the peace corps program in Washington D.C., United States. The American students construct houses in Africa during an exchange program. A student puts cement on wall under construction using a shovel. Students stand on a bamboo scaffold and other work with shovels. Students pass bricks. A student washes his face. The students lined up for food. They sit and eat food using mess kit. Exteriors of the White House. The president John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the White house outlines the peace corps program. He speaks that the American peace corps will go abroad to work with the citizens of the newly developed countries. The peace corps will work in three major sectors : teaching,agriculture and health. The aim of the peace corps is to make a peaceful world.
The exercise wind chill at Thule Air Base in Greenland. The board on the building reads 'Thule Air Base Greenland Base Operations'. View of the base operations building. The United States Air Force SA-16 Albatross aircraft stationed on the air base.
U.S. Marines operating in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Blackness of night interrupted by occasional flashes from United States Marine Corps gun battery firing M1A1 155mm long gun at Japanese positions in hills to the North.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. An M114 155 mm howitzer set up in a jungle. United States 7th Marines clean the gun barrel of the howitzer. The marines prepare to fire from the howitzer. A line of howitzers on a field. Firing from M114 155 mm howitzers. A marine opens a breech of a gun and ejects an empty shell. The marine runs with another shell and inserts it into the breech. The breech is closed. The M114 155 mm howitzers fire. The barrel of an M114 155 mm howitzer as it fires. Gun crewmen stand near the howitzer. The marines pull an ammunition cart. They carry 155mm shells on the shoulders and walk towards the the 155mm howitzer.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. A Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) loaded with United States 7th Marines advances towards a beachhead. They unload from the landing craft. The marines on the ground. M-4 tanks parked in the background. One of the tank burns in the background. A radio operator talks over a radio. One of the radio men operates a generator which powers the radio. Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVTs) advance on the beachhead and marines disembark from the vehicles. The marines dressed in full combat gear with weapons advance inland. A marine lying on a stretcher covered with a camouflaged poncho in the foreground.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Three U.S. marines gather around a foxhole. One of the marines fires a pistol into the foxhole. A marine rifleman fires into a Japanese pillbox. A marine uses a flame thrower on it as a result of which it burns. The flame thrower shoots flame into the pillbox. U.S. 2nd Battalion 5th Marines go inside it and bring out equipment. The marines inspect the gear which they found in the pillbox. Tents of United States 1st Marine Division. Tables and chairs inside the tent.
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