British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Newfoundland for the Atlantic Conference. Sailors wait aboard USS Augusta (CA-31). Winston Churchill boards the ship. He is greeted by officers and Franklin D. Roosevelt. President Roosevelt stands with an officer. Rare shot, illuminating his disability, of President Roosevelt, with his cane, being aided by a U.S. Navy officer to carefully walk backward into a different standing position for greeting the boarding dignitaries. He talks with the officer. An officer greets the President. President Roosevelt greets Churchill and both men talk. The sailors salute. Officers stand at attention. They greet each other and talk.
The Battle of Khe Sanh in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An M-76 amphibious cargo carrier is driven. Casualties on stretchers being placed aboard United States Marine Corps UH-1H Iroquois and CH-46B Sea Knight helicopters. Men remove long crates from a CH-46B helicopter.
The Battle of Khe Sanh in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A United States Marine Corps CH-53A Sea Stallion helicopter carries a heavy cargo such as netted crates, a truck and a trailer on a sling as seen from the bottom hatch of the aircraft. The helicopter deposits the cargo on the ground. A soldiers mans a gun in the helicopter. Cargo chutes descend toward the drop zone.
The Battle of Khe Sanh in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A pilot in the cockpit of an aircraft in flight. Men board United States Marine Corps CH-53A Sea Stallion helicopter in a revetment. A soldier connects a fuel hose, then removes the hose after fueling the helicopter. The helicopter takes off. A soldier mans a machine gun in the helicopter. Troops deplane at Khe Sanh.
The United States Army Air Force (USAAF) 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) 'Hell's Angels' taking delivery of new B-17 bombers at Kellogg Field, Battle Creek, Michigan. (Between 11 September and 2 October the 303rd BG took delivery of 35 new B-17Fs, 33 built by Boeing and two by Douglas. The 303rd flew missions out of Molesworth Airfield in England, during the war.) Several aircraft parked on the ramp in a row. Airmen around the aircraft. Airmen on a tug nearby. Some names and artwork on the B-17s. Hunga-Dunga painted on a B-17. Officers and airmen move under the aircraft wing. 'Garbage' painted on an aircraft. Officers stand nearby. Three crewmen laugh and pose. Additional notes: From Brian O’Neill’s “303rd Bombardment Group” here is the fate of the name ships shown: Serial No. Name Original Pilot Aircraft Fate 41-24588 Hunga Dunga J.E. Haas MIA 18 Mar 43 41-24563 Garbage A.I. Adams force landing and collision 11 Nov 43 41-24562 Sky Wolf C.H. Morales MIA 11 Jan 44
The United States Army Air Force (USAAF) 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) 'Hell's Angels' at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine, while en route with their B-17s to their operating base at (RAF) Station Molesworth in England during World War II. Airmen work on a parked Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Names and artwork on the B-17s: 'Zombie - Dopey', 'Rim Fire Renner', 'Jerry Jinx', 'Lost and Found Department', 'Hostess wanted' , 'Nancy' , 'Sky Wolf,' 'Thumper', 'Idaho Potato Peeler'. Pilots look skyward. Note: From Brian O’Neill’s “303rd Bombardment Group” here is reported fate of some of the named planes: “Zombie” 41-24566, pilot: O.S. Witt, fate: MIA 20 Dec 42 “Jerry Jinx” 41-24607, pilot: E.H. Reber, fate: MIA 23 Jan 43 “Sky Wolf” 41-24562, pilot: C.H. Morales, fate: MIA 11 Jan 44 “Thumper” 41-24579, pilot: J.E. Castle, fate: crash landed UK 23 Jan 43 “Idaho Potato Peeler” 41-24565, pilot: R.C. Bales, fate: MIA 5 Nov 43
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