American airmen engaged in routine work at a base in Germany near the conclusion of World War 2, in Europe. Three airmen mechanics open tailgate door of a mobile shop. They pick out tools from the shop. They work on an improvised washing maching. GIs hang up laundry on a line. An improvised GI laundry. A crewman reads while sitting on a tub. Airman cleans out Commander's staff car. One of the crewman eating K-ration. Crewmen rig up the washing machine. Several airmen smile as they jointly pull on handle of a pipe wrench. Airmen washing a 6x6 Army truck. Water running out of the truck bed.
United States 1st Tank Battalion of the 1st Marine Division in Korea during the Korean War. Several tanks fording a stream. Marines seated aboard the tanks. The tanks moving on the shore after crossing the ford. A tank recovery vehicle picking up a dozer blade and holding the suspended blade as another tank backs up.
Remains of the Lockheed XP-38 that crashed at Mitchel Field, New York, the day before, after a cross-continental flight from March Field, California. The airplane was flown by Lieutenant Ben Kelsey, who escaped without injury. But the airplane was totally destroyed.
Austrian boy Gottfried Eder suffering from hemophilia in Innsbruck, Austria. The boy lying on hospital bed. The doctor comes nearby and talks to him. The boy is cured with anti-hemophiliae globulin brought from the United States thanks to a certain American Information Chief Roberts. A man, woman and the boy seated at a table. Anti-hemophiliae globulin brought to Austria by the United States Air Force. A doctor talks to the boy lying on the hospital bed.
A United States mercy ship to Busan, Korea being loaded from Stockton, California. Ship named Hawaiian Bear at the dock. A man writes “PUSAN” (“BUSAN”) on cargo. People gather for a dock side ceremony. Nina Elizabeth Warren, daughter of Chief Justice Earl Warren, snaps a ribbon away from the cargo during the dock side ceremony. South Korean Ambassador Yang You-chan accompanies Nina Warren. Spectators clapping. Nina Warren holds a letter “From the American-Korean Foundation to the People of Pusan…”. A cargo containing blankets is loaded to the ship. Sign in cargo says “Blankets for Pusan Save The Children Federation”. Food, clothing and medical supplies being loaded onto the ship. People applauding.
A new Marine helicopter takes off from Connecticut in the United States. The twin engined Sikorsky XHR2S helicopter parked on the airbase. Marines board and a jeep is loaded in the helicopter. Officers watching the helicopter. The helicopter takes off.
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