Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. A man picks up a shrapnel out of an ammunition ready box. He examines the piece of shrapnel and one of the holes made in the ready box by the shrapnel. A port hole in the conning tower of an Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) as a piece of shrapnel lies on it. An LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) tries to tow a British landing craft that has been turned upside down. A transport ship in the background. The breakwater at Normandy beach made up of sunken ships. Barrage balloons fly in the sky. A broken LCVP. Two LCTs ( Landing Craft Tank ) beached in the background.
Conditions in Quemoy, China during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. Western press and media representatives climb up a mountain in Quemoy. The newsmen at a beach. They examine damaged buildings destroyed due to the Communist Chinese firing. Damaged roof of a building. Explosions occur on a nearby island. Chinese children take shelter in the underground of a building. A damaged building.
The USS Gamble, destroyer/mine layer, DD-123, DM-15 being prepared for scuttling off of Guam, in final days of World War 2. Her severely damaged hulk is seen tied up to a pier. An inspection party examines her. View from camera on the Gamble as she is towed out of Apra Harbor, Guam. View of tugboat ahead, pulling her. View from another boat, of the Gamble with a tug at her port side. Six men are seen riding on her superstructure. Camouflage paint and numerals "15" are still visible on her hull. The tug at her side pulls away. Continued views from nearby boat as the Gamble is towed seaward for scuttling. (Note:The USS Gamble was struck by two Japanese bombs off Iwo Jima on 18 February, 1945. After finally being assessed as damaged beyond repair, she was decommissioned, on June 1, 1945, and scuttled on July 16, 1945.)
United States sailors undergo treatment in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A sailor seated in a chair as a dentist examines his teeth with an instrument. She works on the sailor's teeth. A male dentist treats a patient as a girl assists him. A nurse tends a wounded sailor lying in a bed. A sign on a door reads ' Laboratory'. A woman pours out a liquid into a test tube and works on an instrument.
Medical facilities related to medicine and surgery being provided by the Veterans Administration in the United States. A graph depicts the increase in number of patients suffering from medicine and surgical diseases up to 269% from 1942 to 1950. Two war veterans at a hospital as they recover after an ailment. A surgery being performed. A pathological conference being conducted. Specialists give on the spot directions as they look after the patients. Doctors examine patients as they take X rays. A doctor looks after veterans suffering from various diseases. Patients at a hospital suffering from tuberculosis. Patients in wheel chairs. Women lying down in a garden. A doctor takes a patient's X ray. He looks at the X ray film.
An organizational chart of the Veteran's Administration 'VA' show various divisions under a medical program to provide medical aid to veterans. Various divisions like neuropsychiatric division, tuberculosis division. Patients in beds as a nurse tends to them. Dentists examine patients' teeth. Cooks prepare food in the hospital cafeteria. Patients read books and newspapers in a library. A patient who has had his legs amputated is greeted by a nurse. Women patients in wheel chairs play a card game. Recreation outside the grounds of the hospital, possibly Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Patients play croquet on the lawn.
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