Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Claude Vernon Ricketts' funeral in the United States. The Navy officer march holding SU flags. The officers and sailors salute. The casket of Claude Vernon Ricketts on a horse drawn carriage. The sailors walk on either side of the carriage. The U.S. Navy officer, commanders and sailors pay tribute. The ceremony of USS Biddle renamed to USS Claude V. Ricketts. Sailors stand aboard USS Claude V. Ricketts. Chief of Naval Operations David Lamar McDonald and other guests aboard the ship. A Navy officer speaks into a microphone. Biddle banner on the ship. The banner is replaced with Claude V. Ricketts. The sailors aboard take pictures. USS Claude V. Ricketts underway.
Construction of airstrip at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island during World War II. A bivouac area. The troops in vehicles drive down a muddy road in the area. Palm trees on either side of the road. Tents in the background. The troops walk on a road. The damaged huts. The wreckage in the forest. A sign reads '51st Naval Construction Bn'. A hangar. The Seabees construct roads and air strips using graders, dump trucks, power shovels and bulldozers. The Seabees at work during the construction. The Seebees in a jeep talk to the men. They cut bushes. The gasoline drums piles up. A man on a crane. The men pile gasoline drums on fuel dump with the help of the crane. The construction of airstrip. The dump trucks back up. A crane picking up dirt. A bulldozer rolls down.
A Japanese drying seaweeds after the atomic bombings in Nagasaki, Japan during the end of World War II . A Japanese stands on the ruins and debris. He uses a long handled ladle to pour some fertilizer into the ground. The seaweeds is laid onto concrete slabs to dry.
U.S. Marine demonstrate their new twin engine cargo helicopter in Virginia, United States. The helicopter hovers in air. The helicopter lands and marines on mechanized vehicles disembark the cargo helicopter. The marines in a jeep drive as they disembark the helicopter. The helicopter takes off.
U.S. Marine Commander of Wake Island, James Devereux returns from Japan in Washington DC. Paddy son of Commander James wait at a railroad station to greet his father. A close up of Paddy. James Devereux gets off the train. His son greets him. General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, head of marine corps greets Devereux at the station. James Devereux with his son Paddy poses. Under Secretary of Navy Artemus L. Gates awards him the Navy Cross. Men in the background take pictures. Gates shakes hands with James Devereux. Paddy looks at him. Paddy shakes hands with his father.
Attack sleds designed for U.S. soldiers in Italy. Troops in prone position inside the sleds. An officer looks at the soldiers inside the sleds. He helps one of the soldiers to put his gun inside the sled. A small tank pulls the sleds through mine fields. The tank crashes through a tree and a stone wall while pulling the attack sleds. (World War II period).
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