Smoke rises from the Dutch submarine, O-19, as she is struck by gunfire from deck gun of the USS Cod (SS-224), during actions to scuttle her following rescue of her crew from Ladd Reef, Spratly Islands, South China Sea, where she ran aground during final days of World War 2. A huge explosion occurs as a torpedo from the USS Cod strikes the reef and the O-19. Smoke rising from the O-19.
View from the USS Cod, of the Dutch submarine, O-19, aground on Ladd Reef, Spratly Islands, South China Sea. Smoke rises as shells from the deck gun of the USS Cod (SS-224) explode in actions to scuttle the O-19, after her crew was rescued, in final days of World War 2. White smoke drifts across the camera, each time the deck gun fires.
A United States mercy ship to Busan, Korea being loaded from Stockton, California. Ship named Hawaiian Bear at the dock. A man writes “PUSAN” (“BUSAN”) on cargo. People gather for a dock side ceremony. Nina Elizabeth Warren, daughter of Chief Justice Earl Warren, snaps a ribbon away from the cargo during the dock side ceremony. South Korean Ambassador Yang You-chan accompanies Nina Warren. Spectators clapping. Nina Warren holds a letter “From the American-Korean Foundation to the People of Pusan…”. A cargo containing blankets is loaded to the ship. Sign in cargo says “Blankets for Pusan Save The Children Federation”. Food, clothing and medical supplies being loaded onto the ship. People applauding.
The U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. U.S. Army General Willis D Crittenberger and aides stand on the South side of the Po River watching the loading activities. DUKW amphibious trucks are loaded with heavy equipment by cranes. Soldiers aboard a DUKW underway in the river.
A field grade U.S. Air Force officer at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda, is seated in an office. Behind him on the wall is a large map of the Atlantic ocean with concentric rings on it, centered at Bermuda. He receives a paper report and makes a phone call. An airman at a communications center receives teletype messages and leaves to deliver them. Scene shifts to a flight engineer sitting at his panel aboard a WB-29A aircraft of the 53rd Strategic Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters). The WB-29 is experiencing significant turbulence. An officer briefing a group of Air Force officers and airmen. View of 53rd Squadron area on ramp at Kindley Air Force Base. An officer briefing aircrews. A synoptic chart is mounted on front of his podium. A map of the entire Atlantic ocean and environs covers a wall behind him. To his left is a map of the South Atlantic with Bermuda highlighted at the top. a triangular air route is depicted on it. It is labeled: "Gull Hotel."
An ice storm in Chicago, Illinois. A building in the far background. A statue of a soldier on the ground covered with snow. Bent trees due to the snow in the area. A sign board reads: 'No South bound traffic under penalty of arrest'. A jeep driving across the area.
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