U.S. 24th Division, 19th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion unit at Defense positions, U.S. Security Platoon of Regimental Headquarters in Sui-ri, Korea during Korean War. A Korean man plays harmonica. U.S. enlisted men relaxing. Two enlisted men clean breech of an M20 recoilless rifle placed underneath camouflage made of branches.
African American Unit of U.S. 24th RCT (Regimental Combat Team) advances on Western Front during Korean War. African American soldier uses walkie-talkie. Korean boy cranks generator. Soldier speaks into mike of walkie-talkie. U.S. 1st Battalion staff officers watch artillery barrage. Officer speaks into phone.
Decoration ceremony on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Small unit stands in formation in front of a P-40 aircraft of the 44th Fighter Squadron on the Fighter 2 airstrip. U.S. officer reads citation. Commander of U.S. 25th Infantry Division, Major General Joseph Lawton Collins, shakes hand of 2Lt Jack Bade after awarding him an Air Medal. Several P-40s of 13th Air Force,seen nearby, with white stripes painted on them.
U.S. amphibious landings on Luzon, Philippines during its invasion in World War II. U.S. 25th Infantry troops and equipment on beach. Crane unloads cargo nets from LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) that have beached. Troops march on beach. Members of Headquarters Unit I Corps unload small ammunition boxes in chain fashion.
First color television broadcast from Columbia Broadcasting Systems. Color Television Monitor Tube photographed at the National Guard Armory in Washington DC. Television broadcast shows "Patty Painter," (real name Patricia Stinnette) displaying colored pieces of cloth. (Note: Reportedly, the U.S. Naval photographic unit that did these tests tried to record color images from all three of the proposed color systems at the time: the CBS field-sequential system, RCA's dot-sequential system and CTI's line-sequential system.)
U.S. soldiers in Japan during American occupation after World War II. Japanese crowd outside around Ginza-District, Tokyo. Buildings at a busy Center of Ginza-Districts, Chuo-Ward, Tokyo. View in the vinicity of Intersection of "Ginza" Ave. and Ave."Z" (current Harumi Ave.) from the rooftop of high building (current Matsuzakaya Department Store). Many sidewalk vendors line along "Ginza" Ave.. Soldiers stand near pedicabs. U.S. Army vehicles move through the intersection of the center of "Ginza-District" along Ave."Z" from "Harumi" towards "Hibiya" direction. A Japanese man stands with a child along the side walk on Ave."Z". A Japanese woman and boy shine shoes of U.S. soldiers. U.S. soldiers of First Cavalry Division buy unit badges, for their uniform hats, from a Japanese woman street vendor.
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