U.S. Mobile Strike Forces in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopters land on a field. Montagnard soldiers board the helicopters. UH-1D helicopters take off. A Montagnard soldier at the doorway of a UH-1D helicopter in flight. The helicopters in flight.
French paratroops jump in two waves from C-47 aircraft over Indochina. Their parachutes float slowly to earth. A medic treats one trooper injured during the drop. The French troopers move from the landing area towards a region where smoke and fire are visible. They set up machine guns and fire. The French troopers destroy and burn a Viet Minh jungle camp.
Life of natives in a village in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sign in Vietnamese reads ' Plei Chi' the huts of Montagnard village. Children outside the hut as a Montagnard walks out of the hut and sits with children. A girl mills banana leaves. A villager carries empty ammo cases. Villagers gathered near a well which is under construction. A man comes out of the well. Dirt being brought up in a can.
Life of natives in a village in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A fish pond under construction. A native at the bank of the pond. United States 4th Infantry Division soldier talks to the native. A Montagnard family bunker. Mouth of the bunker.
Amphibious invasion of Incheon, Korea by U.S. 1st Marine Division during the Korean War. A radar on the bridge of a U.S. ship. U.S. destroyer USS DeHaven (DD-727), Ships head for the beach of Incheon. The importance of securing a beachhead is explained. U.S. battleships fire at coastal targets. Smoke billows up from explosions. Landing crafts loaded with U.S. Mariens head for the beach. Amphibious vehicles loaded with troops are driven on the beach. The marines advance inland. Men of the North Korean People's Army surrender before U.S. Marines. U.S. Navy USS Mahoning County (Landing Ship, Tank-914) embarks units and equipment of 1st Marine Division on beaches.
A group of United States Army Air Force pilots belonging to the 339th Fighter Squadron, who intercepted and shot down Imperial Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, walk together beside a Lockheed P-38 Lightning during World War 2. They sit together near the aircraft and discuss with a map. The commander, Major John Mitchell, holding the map points straight to his comrades before pointing something on the map. On his right are Lieutenants Besby Holmes and Rex Barber. To the left of Major Mitchell is Captain Tom Lanphier. The pilots are standing again near the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, discussing together. Major John W. Mitchell, wearing helmet and goggles, poses and smiles while holding a propeller’s blade.
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