Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A pilot in a partial pressure suit and a helmet does a preflight checking of a United States Air Force Lockheed F-104 Starfighter aircraft. He puts on a parachute. An officer pushes a ladder towards the aircraft and opens the canopy. The pilot climbs into the cockpit.
German prisoners of war are transported from Britain to the United States during World War II. The prisoners at a dock in Britain. The prisoners on a transport ship. The ship starts sinking. The prisoners are rescued from the sinking ship. The prisoners on a rock. The ship sinks. A fleet of ships underway in an ocean towards the United States and prisoners on the ships. Buildings at a prison camp in the United States. The prisoners at work in the camp. The prisoners walk in a squad at the internment camp. Officers search the prisoners. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler at a podium. German civilians in a hall take an oath. Nazi insignia. The Germans walk with their hands up after a defeat.
American aviator Jacqueline Cochran flies a United States Air Force Northrop T-38 Talon supersonic jet trainer and makes a new speed record in the United States. A T-38 Talon taxis and takes off. The aircraft in flight. Jacqueline in the cockpit of the T-38. Insignia of the United States on the aircraft. The aircraft lands. Jacqueline opens the cockpit. A man holds her helmet. Seated in the cockpit Cochran wears a cap. She gets off from the cockpit and shakes hand with a man.
Women SPARS (United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve) getting ready for a class in the United States, during World War 2. A woman looks into a mirror and gets ready in the Coast Guard (CG) uniform. She puts on her badges. The woman poses wearing the CG uniform. She helps another woman to put on her jacket. The woman picks up the United States Coast Guard (USCG) cap and looks at the cap. The another woman holds the cap and wears it. SPARS attending a class. SPARS officer seated at a desk. 'US Coast Guard Established 1790' written on a blackboard. The officer points on the blackboard using a pencil. She turns back and briefs SPARS seated in the class.
The United States Army Quartermaster Corps in the United States. Members of the Headquarters Army Service squad and Quartermaster Corps officers seated around a table during a meeting discuss the procurement plan of items for the military services in World War II. A signboard over the Quartermaster Headquarters building reads 'Office of the Quartermaster General War Department'. A map of the United States shows locations of procurement offices across the nation where authority is given to field officers for procurement. A field officer with a military personnel signing a contract for a fixed amount for the procurement of materials. A map shows the authority given in the procurement of materials which helps in speedy and efficient procurement. A simplified contract form which is used when the prices are known and when the total purchase does not exceed 500 thousand dollars. A purchasing officer hands over the contract to a staff to be sent to a manufacturer or a dealer. The manufacturer in his office signing the contract. Workers at the Quartermaster Headquarters at work.
United States Army Quartermaster Corps supply program in the United States. Soldiers holding guns march in formation. The soldiers on a vessel. Tanks firing during World War II. The soldiers using supplies procured by the Quartermaster Corps. Supplies in a room. Houses on a hillside. A man and a boy moving with a cattle herd on a road. Damaged buildings in a liberated area. Aerial view of debris and damaged buildings and people in the area, where left over supplies procured by the Quartermaster Corps could come into use for rehabilitation of people. The Quartermaster Corps store the procured supplies in boxes. The corps carry the boxes of supplies for distribution to soldiers. Quartermaster depots located in easily accessible areas near railways and highways. The supplies being wheeled in carts at a depot. Trucks with supplies moving on a road. Aerial view of a depot located in the commercial center of distribution. Workers inside a Quartermaster depot which is classified according to the functions they perform including distribution, reserve and manufacture. A map of the United States shows 15 distribution areas, with a depot each, which have the same boundaries as the procurement districts and which supply ports, camps or stations in that particular area.
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