American soldiers of 442nd Infantry 34th Division recover from wounds and seated outside a hospital tent in Italy. (Members of the 442nd Regiment were mostly Americans of Japanese ancestry.) A man enters the scene and hands them newspapers to read. The convalescents talk, smile and read newspapers. They read the 'Pacific Citizen'. Soldiers read 'Yank' magazine.
A C-123 aircraft taxis and takes off from runway at the Ankhe Airfield in South Vietnam. Forklift unloads mail sacks from a C-130 aircraft. American 1st Cavalry Division soldiers board the C-130. (Vietnam War period).
Mine workers arrive at a shaft in cars through a tunnel in copper mine in Jerome, Arizona. Trains of railroad cars enter the mine through a tunnel leading to the underground shaft.
Officials gathered to dedicate the Wright Memorial (1000 N Croatan Hwy, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948) at Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina, United States. A wreath is handed up to two boys standing on a shelf around the memorial, paying tribute to the Wright brothers. A biplane flies past the memorial. Scene from an early flight of Wright Flyer II from approximately 1904, with Orville Wright at the controls. Some years later, a formation of United States Navy Martin PM-1 Navy Patrol Boat aircraft (biplane-style flying boats) in the skies over the American coast.
American 199th Light Infantry Brigade troops check ID cards of civilians at doorways of their homes, as they search for enemy fighters, during the Vietnam War. Soldier kicks down door of house. Soldiers enter and search houses. Dead civilian on street. Partially covered body of a dead civilian. Soldier stands by as a civilian opens door of a locked house. Soldiers search in destroyed and wrecked houses. One soldier climbs up on roof to a porch on a house. Soldiers break down door of house with a wooden beam. Soldiers atop M-42 self-propelled antiaircraft gun, with twin 40mm guns, as it drives on dirt street.
Dead bodies of civilians lying in a pool of blood in the streets of Saigon. 199th Light Infantry Brigade soldier speaks over radio. Civilians in the background. Soldier climbs a building. Soldiers seated on a M-42 self-propelled antiaircraft gun as it moves through the streets. One soldier holds a puppy in his arms. A few others follow the tank on foot. A soldier carries a block of ice on his shoulders.
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