U.S. Air Force aircraft bombs target areas around Bien Hoa in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The smoke from a napalm blast spreads above trees, 6 miles Southwest of Bien Hoa Province in Vietnam. A General-purpose bomb dropped by a U.S. Air Force aircraft blasts on a target area in the region. Black smoke rises into the air. Several napalm bombs dropped in several areas. Smoke rising from the bombed regions. Several fields in the area.
Target areas around Bien Hoa, Vietnam being bombed by U.S. Air Force aircraft during the Vietnam War. A forest region, 6 miles Southwest of Bien Hoa Province with Viet Cong concentration. Several trees in the area. U.S. Air Force aircraft drops a napalm bomb and explosion occurs. Smoke from a General-purpose bomb blast fills the air. Smoke rises into the air. Several trees in the region.
Philippine Army Air Corps (PAAC) and United States Philippine Department Air Force aircraft at the PAAC's Batangas Airfield (Batangas City), prior to World War 2 in the Pacific. A group of rural Filipino boys wearing straw hats rough playing on the ground. Building with a sign reading 'Last Chance Bar, Batangas Officers Club'. Two United States Army officers, one dressed in white shorts, step from the club and pose, drinking beer from bottles. U.S. Seversky P-35 pursuit plane parked on the field along with several USAAC P-26 Peashooter airplanes. Two P-26s take off. Arriving passengers stand around a Sikorsky S-43 Baby Clipper amphibious plane, as their baggage is unloaded. The Baby Clipper starts engines and takes off. The passengers walk toward the airfield gate. Logo on the aircraft nose indicates that the S-43 is operated by the Iloilo-African Americans Air Express Co. (INAEC).
Richard Mackey enters the U.S. Air Force at 20 years old, measuring only 4 feet 7 inches. Air force recruits in San Antonio, Texas. Man tries to fit a coat on the small man. Airmen stand behind a counter and take their uniform issue at a supply depot. Richard is four feet and seven inches tall and 107 pounds. A man tries to fit an air force uniform on him. The recruits perform a drill and march, with Mackey trying to keep up. Mackey with a cigarette in his mouth, lighting the cigarette of another soldier.
U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade troops in Ben Luc, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers enter the cockpit of an air-cushion vehicle. The propellers rotate. Two soldiers in the cockpit of the air-cushion vehicle. The air-cushion vehicle rises as inflated pads are filled with air, then lowers to the ground.
An area of Viet Cong concentration around Bien Hoa in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Trees on both sides of a canal, 6 miles Southwest of Bien Hoa Province with Viet Cong concentration. Several fields in the area. General-purpose bomb being dropped by U.S. Air Force aircraft on target area. Black smoke rises into the air. Fields in the area.
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