King Farouk of Egypt visits USS Quincy (CA-71) underway in Great Bitter Lake, Suez Canal, Egypt to meet U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt following the Yalta Conference during World War II. U.S. Honor Guards of marines and sailors await arrival of King Farouk. King Farouk boards ship's ladder followed by U.S. Admiral William Leahy. Both walk on deck and greet U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and daughter Anna Boettiger. President Roosevelt and King Farouk seated on deck of ship hold a conversation.
U.S. soldiers in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. soldiers going ashore in a raft. A U.S. soldier uses a telephone on a beach. A man climbs up a pole to rig a pulley. American flag is raised. A soldier stands near a building. Soldiers sit outside a building.
U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy officers in Palomares, Spain after a United States Air Forces Strategic Air Command B-52 bomber crash incident and during aircraft salvage operations of 1966. Civilians stand around outside a command tent at Camp Wilson. U.S. RADM (Rear Admiral) William A. Guest, USAF Major General Delmar E. Wilson, U.S. Ambassador to Spain Angier Biddle Duke, Spanish Minister of Health and Spanish Minister of Air come out of the command tent and get into cars. A car pulls away. A group of officers approaches a helicopter pad area. A civilian with a Spanish high ranking officer. A civilian photographer photographs the group. A Spanish helicopter in the helicopter area. Several dignitaries alongside the helicopter. Women guests get off the helicopter assisted by the Spanish officer. A group of Spanish teenagers looks on. A large group at the helicopter area. Dignitaries including RADM Guest, Major General Wilson and many civilians depart from tent. They walk down a road at the USAF Command Post.
A U.S. Navy officers briefing during salvage operations in Palomares, Spain by the United States after 1966 Palomares B-52 crash incident. U.S. Navy Captain Nelson steps up to a chart of Palomares, Spain. The Captain points to areas on the chart with his pencil during the briefing. The Captain leaves and a U.S. Army Major points to areas on the chart set up and continues briefing. The son of American aviator Charles Lindberg, Jon Lindberg steps up to the chart and gives his remarks as he points to areas on the chart. Captain Nelson points out various areas on the chart. U.S. Navy LCDR (Lieutenant Commander) J. B. Mooney, a submersible coordinator, steps up to the chart and points to areas with his pen. He finishes his briefing and walks off.
U.S. infantrymen in Munich, Germany during World War II. U.S. tanks and infantrymen move around a farmhouse. The tanks advance along a road and enter a gated area with recently freed U.S. prisoners of war present. Liberated U.S. prisoners fraternize with their rescuers. The prisoners smile, laugh and cheer.
Street scene in Munich, Germany, at end of World War II. Germans gathered at a street corner. An American jeep, displaying a single star on its bumper, driving along the street, past boys riding on bicycles. U.S. Brigadier General, carrying brief case, steps from jeep and enters building. Inside, two U.S. soldiers stand in front of a large map labeled Brunn's Plan of Munich. Group of high-ranking German officers enter room with an American soldier interpreter. They discuss the map with the U.S. Brigadier General. Outside a large group of German officers and POW German soldiers is gathered on a sidewalk. A larger group is assembled at a small square in front of buildings, guarded by members of the U.S. 222nd Anti-Tank Company of the 42nd Division. The German troop prisoners line up in formation and march, several abreast, along a street, led by a U.S.Army truck pulling a mobile weapon. Several American soldiers accompany the group. German citizens walking on street and sidewalks seem to ignore the activity. As the German soldiers pass through the ancient Munich Karlstor City Gate at the center of the city (Near Karlsplatz - Stachus, Neuhauser Street), they hold their hands behind their necks.
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