View of the USS Saratoga (CV-3)’s bridge with shrapnel damage after a Kamikaze attack during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Guns in between the bridge. Soldiers climbing stairs. Sailors cleaning a Mark 12 5"/38 caliber dual purpose naval guns on USS Saratoga. A slightly damaged United States flag is seen over it. Men clearing debris from the damaged deck a day after Kamikaze attack. Dr. Edgar Maurice Cortright, United States Navy Lieutenant, narrates his experience on board the USS Saratoga at the time of its bombing by Japanese aircraft.
Burial at sea ceremony on board the U.S. Navy ship USS Saratoga (CV-3) a day after an attack by Japanese Kamikazes during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Full crew of the USS Saratoga attend the ceremony on deck. The crew pay their respects. Bodies of the casualties, sewn into sailcloth, seen on deck. Some of the USS Saratoga crew are seen wearing life jackets. The bodies are thrown overboard. United States Marines firing their salute after all the bodies are buried at sea. Thousands of crewmen saluting as they conclude the ceremony. The crew disperse before forming a line on deck. Dr. Edgar Maurice Cortright, United States Navy Lieutenant, narrates his experience on board the USS Saratoga at the time of its bombing by Japanese planes.
Funeral procession for the victims of the USS Maine disaster in Havana, Cuba leading to the Spanish-American War. A detachment of sailors, United States Marines, and young boys preceding the procession. Nine hearses carry the coffins of the USS Maine victims, with the United States flag draped over each coffin. At the side of each wagon walk the pall bearers, surviving comrades, their heads bowed in bereavement. More naval officers and marines, and lastly a procession of carriages, followed by a large crowd on foot follow the hearses.
Commodore George Dewey onboard his flagship United States cruiser USS Olympia (C-6) during a trip back to the United States. Dewey is with other U.S. Navy officers on deck. Commodore Dewey also puts on his hat. Dewey walks back and forth deck before a group of men board the ship. The group of men take off their hats and greet Dewey. Commodore Dewey and some crew sail on a boat and land in Gibraltar. Officials in Gibraltar welcome Commodore Dewey. Dewey shakes hands with the officials. More Gibraltar officials board the ship to meet Dewey on deck. Commodore Dewey receives the Washington and New York committees of the Committee of Arrangements onboard the Olympia. Commodore Dewey takes his leave of the Washington Committee onboard.
Commodore George Dewey leads a land parade on “Dewey Day” after his arrival in the United States following the Spanish-American War. Army cavalry, one of the soldiers holding the United States flag, in the parade along Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. Men in uniform follow the cavalry. U.S. cavalry soldiers with sabers follow the uniformed men.
Soldiers guard a group of Korean refugees during the Korean War. The refugees sit on the ground. Hungarian rebels shoot behind a building between Károlyi and Cukor Street (Budapest, Károlyi utca 9, 1053 Hungary) in Inner City, Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. In a devastated street, a tank rolls in, with Soviet soldiers sitting on top. Burned and abandoned tanks along Andrassy Avenue. Newspaper article titled “Khrushchev Hails New African States”. United States President John F. Kennedy delivers his inaugural speech from the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. “We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom--and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.” President Kennedy said.
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