Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan of U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) who flies the same C-47 Skytrain from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War that he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. An aerial view of a coastline as seen from the C-47D Skytrain transport plane. Aerial views of a small island, a beach and a U.S. Army supply area. The C-47D lands on an airstrip at Tuy Hoa Air Base as seen from the cockpit.
Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan of U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) who flies the same C-47 from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War that he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. The C-47D Skytrain transport plane parked in a revetment at Tuy Hoa Air Base. No. 1 engine of the aircraft starts up. A man signals to the pilot. The aircraft taxis and takes off from a runway and in flight over the air base.
U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan flies a C-47 Skytrain aircraft from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The C-47D taxis and takes off. The C-47D in flight and makes a landing approach over a runway.
U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan flies a C-47 Skytrain aircraft from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The C-47D taxis on a runway, in flight and lands. A U.S. officer poses.
United States President Lyndon B. Johnson announcing his appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first African American to become a justice in the United States Supreme Court. Johnson notes that, "the senate willing, he will become associate justice to succeed justice Clark." Various still images of Thurgood Marshall's career in court. An African American man notes, "now, a new generation of Thurgood Marshalls must struggle to make the constitution live."
View through cockpit window as United States Army 12th Air Commando aircraft (Fairchild C-123 Provider) together in formation flight, over "The Trace", a ten-mile strip of land that lies between Con Thien and Gia Linh, Vietnam as part of Operation Ranch Hand during the Vietnam War. A Fairchild C-123 Provider descends to prepare to spray defoliant agent over Vietnam. View of pilot wearing hard helmet taken from behind the cockpit. View of “The Trace” (between Con Thien and Gia Linh) from the cockpit of the Fairchild C-123 Provider.