U.S. 20th Helicopter Squadron paratroopers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The paratroopers jump from U.S. Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters. A paratrooper lands. An HH-3E helicopter drops paratroopers.
U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bombers at an airfield in the United States during World War II. A B-29 that is being protectively sealed in preparation for painting. Fuselage and number 3 engine are sealed. Moveable scaffolding is in place and drums of liquid are on the ground. Painter begins process of sealing an engine nacelle, by taping opening. He then sprays a synthetic "spider web" of material over the opening. Similar material is sprayed into various openings of the aircraft, until a fabric is formed over them. Finally, preformed sheets of fabric are used to seal other sensitive seams on the airframe and trailing edges of wings..
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.
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