United States Lieutenant General arrives in a staff car at Udorn Air Force base in Thailand. He and 2nd lieutenant Jackie R. Craft visit Det 9,601st photo flight lab, 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (ARRS). At the 40th ARRS operations building inspect HH 53B helicopter as Lieutenant Colonel Chester R. Radcliffe briefs the group. General and party leave in cars and he boards a VC 54 plane.
United States Lieutenant General visits Udorn Air Force base in Thailand. He visits 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (ARRS) orderly room and Communications and electronics building. He inspects HH 53B helicopter as Lieutenant Colonel Chester R. Radcliffe briefs the group.
United States Lieutenant General boards a VC 54 plane after visiting Udorn Air Force base in Thailand. Plane taxis along the runway. 2nd Lieutenant Craft talks to a Lieutenant Colonel as a photographer takes pictures.
Two elephant statues seen in foreground. A new chapel under construction appears in the background at Udorn Thai Air Force Base. Thai workers climb up carrying sheets of lumber to build a roof. View of undeveloped barracks behind board of 556 CES Red Horse. The board states that this task is accomplished by Red Horse unit. Distant view of barracks from outside the air base.
View of military helicopter in the sky. 56th Special Operations Wing personnel train Royal Laotian Air Force personnel. United States Air Force instructor uses map and compass to train Laotian student and forward air control techniques on mountainside above target range. Laotian student talking on radio hand set. T-28 bomber maneuver over valley and fire rockets. Rockets explode on target range in forested valley.
View of a campaign map of Italy during World War 2 . Destruction of town of Cassino after Allied bombings. Street sign of Cassino is shown. German soldiers ride motorcycle with side car. German sign warns of enemy and indicates to proceed without lights. General Albert Kesselring confers with German troops in streets of Cassino. German sign warns against parking due to artillery fire. United States Army Air Force bombers drop bombs over the city. German troops take cover in remains of destroyed buildings. Artillery fire starts. Military tanks on the streets. Views of heavy blasts and huge clouds of smoke rise in streets. American General Mark Clark seen in tank and British and American allied troops seen firing artillery and small arms, and battling building-to-building against German forces in Cassino.
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