Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle Wheeler awards the Legion of Merit to Inspector General of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany General Ulrich de Maizière at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States. A U.S. Navy band plays. U.S. Color and Honor Guards lined up. General Maiziere arrives with his wife and is greeted by General Wheeler. The Generals walk to a review stand, salute and receive a 19 gun salute. Color Guards march in front of the review stand. General Wheeler presents the Legion of Merit to General de Maiziere. The Generals and their wives proceed back to the Pentagon.
United States officers, Polish officers and freed slave laborers standing near graves of two U.S. aviators. The officers discussing amongst themselves. The aviators are alleged to have been beaten to death by the Germans. German civilians under guidance of U.S. Grave Registration group. They remove bodies for autopsy purposes. Men carrying the burned body of an aviator on stretcher and place it into ambulance.
The U.S. Submarine USS Sabalo (SS-302) torpedoes the U.S. Destroyer Escort, USS Foss (DE-59) in a live fire test of new proximity fuse for MK 16 torpedo. View from above, of the Sabalo heading toward the Foss, in the Pacific Ocean, off the California coast. Slight trace of the torpedo visible as it runs toward the Foss. The torpedo hits amidship with huge explosion that breaks the Foss in two. A LIVE TORPEDO TEST BY USS SABALO SS-302 6 September 1966
U.S. factory workers repair and recondition used artillery left over from World War 2. Several heavy and small guns being repaired. A 90 mm anti aircraft gun, a 155 mm gun (Long Tom) and other guns being repaired.
U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt addresses the nation. Roosevelt seated at a desk in his office in the United States. He states that democracy has disappeared in many nations because of the unemployment, insecurity and government weakness and confusion. He further states that the democratic institutions can be preserved in the U.S.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara leaves the office in the United States. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Secretary McNamara, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Henry Nitze and U.S. Army General Earle Gilmore Wheeler at a review stand. Other officials present during the ceremony. People stand holding umbrellas as rain is falling.
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