United States Navy Medical Civic Action Program ((MedCAP) ) is set on the porch of a Vietnamese school in Vietnam. Villagers line up for the medical examination. The villagers are examined with a stethoscope. The medical officers write on cards. Tablets and ointments are kept in medical boxes. Women stand with children. Men and women stand in long lines for check-up. The MedCAP team departs. The medical officers board native boats. The team members are transported in native boats to the Swift Boats (patrol boats) anchored offshore. U.S. flag on the boats.
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) headed by Colonel William Joseph Donovon asks the public to send pictures taken abroad to Colonel L. E. Norris in the United States during World War II. Employees sorting still photographs sent by the public. Various pictures showing foreign harbors and coastlines. Colonel L.E. Norris of the OSS examines the photographs at his desk. The employees examine filmstrips and photographs at a desk.
USS Yorktown (CV-10), also called the "Fighting Lady," underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Captain J. J. "Jocko" Clark conferring with Commander James H. Flatley, Jr. aboard the Yorktown. The officers examine and discuss the map of an airfield on a Japanese-held island in the Pacific. Rear Admiral (2-star) Charles A. Pownall, seated, examine the map and aerial photographs. Close-up view of Rear Admiral Charles A. Pownall.
United States invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Gun emplacement on Workman island. A Field howitzer being fired from the gun pit. A Marine fuses a howitzer shell. Gun being fired and smoke rises. A field pack of Sargent John Basilone being examined by two Marines. A Marine examines clothes of Corporal Anthony Cirello. Shells burst and smoke rises.
Sick dogs being treated by a veterinary doctor in San Francisco , California. A large number of children and adults with their dogs outside a gate. Gates being opened and people enter. A veterinary doctor examines a dog as a girl holds it. Two young girls holding their puppies. A boy and a girl wear dark goggles and stand beside an examination table as a veterinary doctor aims an overhead machine toward the dog and treats an ailing dog with "electric rays" (early radiotherapy or electrotherapy). Two puppies being treated as a boy and a girl wearing dark glasses stand by.
The F-84-F Thunderstreak aircraft preflight inspection, United States. Center of fuselage section of aircraft with a stimulator gauge. Pilot sits under the right wing to inspect the wheel well. He inspects tires under right wing. Landing light in operation. Pilot examines wing of aircraft. Pilot checks for hydraulic system under fuselage section of the aircraft. Fuel tank being examined by pilot. Pilot looks at tail of an aircraft. Pilot walks around and inspects various sections of an aircraft. Wing-flaps being inspected by a pilot. Pilot checks wheels of an aircraft and pylon tank. Pilot checks for fuel supply and inspects air refueling door.
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