A film depicts the contribution of various personalities to the history of the United States. The statue of George Washington. A close up of the statue of Washington in snow. A girl walks in snow. Another girl walking in snow. A girl and a boy in snow. The statue of George Washington with snow. Two people walk past the statue. Aeriel view of the snow around the statue. The statue of General Rochambeau. The branches of a tree. A sign on the statute. A close up of the statue. The face of Marquis de Lafayette. Scenes of the Yorktown battle. A river and tress on a hill. A barrel of a gun in the foreground. Several view of firing guns. A flag of Great Britain. A man plays a drum. The statue of Thomas Jefferson. Inscription on a wall. The face of Jefferson. The statue of Andrew Jackson.
U.S. Navy Headquarters Support Activity in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Charles A Pari, DK3 of USN (United States Navy) from Omaha, Nebraska seated at his desk and William Warren, YNSN of USN from Minneapolis comes in to be paid. Warren, the African American sailor sits at the desk. He removes his hat and puts it on the desk as parry works on an adding machine on the desk. Charles fills out Warren's pay chit. Warren's pay chit being filled out. Charles passes over the chit to Warren who takes the pen and signs. Gregorio Mendoza Ramos, DK1 of USN from Cavite, Philippines, acting pay master stands at a window. Warren approaches from the far side with the pay chit to receive pay. Warren stands at the window to be paid with Ramos. Warren is handed money and gets ready to leave.
Operation Little Switch in which released POW are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tachikawa, Tokyo, and then on to the United States during repatriation of former prisoners late in the Korean War. The released POW (Prisoners Of War) eating food that will probably be the last meal there before leaving Korea. Food items kept in a shelf and on a table. A cook severs food in bowls to U.S. soldiers. Injured or former POW seated on a bed eating a bite of chicken is A/2C Robert L. Weinbrandt of El Cajon, California, a B-29 Super Fortress tail gunner captured after his plane was shot down the night of January 28-29, 1953. A wounded POW drinks soup and eats food kept on his bed. Liberated former prisoners drinking. Another former prisoner eating food. (Alarger Operation Big Switch followed in August.)
Operation Little Switch ((first phase of Operation Big Switch) in which released United States prisoners of war from the Korean War are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tachikawa, Tokyo. The wife of Captain Dean of the Air Force, a returnee, chats with U.S. Air Force General Otto P. Weyland. A U.S. aircraft in the background at Tachikawa Airbase. Captain Dean walks down the ramp of an aircraft with his wife. He kisses his wife. General and other officers stand in the background. Both of them sit in a car. The released POW walking at the air base. Women take pictures.
Operation Little Switch, the first part of the Operation Big Switch repatriation effort late in the Korean War, in which released POW are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Japan, and then on to the United States. A medic instructs the returnees how to wear Mae West jackets (life jackets) for emergencies. The returnees wear life jackets. An aircraft parked in the background. The released POW boards the aircraft which will take them to Z.I. via Hawaii.
Operation Little Switch for repatriation of former prisoners of war late in the Korean War (followed by Operation Big Switch in August). Released United States soldiers who were POW (Prisoners Of War) are in transport from Panmunjom, Korea to Tokyo annex in Japan. Medics load sick or injured U.S. Army soldiers aboard ambulances at the Tokyo annex. An African American soldier, former prisoner of war, smiles. Ambulatory former prisoners walk out. Several views of smiling African American patients. Mrs. Maruine Doran Clark, wife of General Mark Clark, shakes hand with repatriated U.S. Army soldiers at the airbase.
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