U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky HRS-1 helicopters of HMR-161 Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron, First Marine Air Wing, transport troops and supplies during the Korean War. The USMC 'HR 2' flies over mountains. Marine sitting in open doorway of the chopper, in flight.. It lands among Marines at a mountainous outpost. U.S. Marines, in combat gear,leave the helicopter. They unload the helicopter and carry equipment away. Helicopters number 'HR 10' and "HR 11" landing with troops aboard. U.S. Marines leave the helicopters and proceed single file to their assigned positions. Marines unpacking supplies. They dig trench and set up a machine gun. Marines unpacking ammunition boxes, flares (Trip.M48), and hand grenades.
Activities of U.S. forces in Korea during the Korean war. Several North Korean soldiers (prisoners of war) are walked up mountainous terrain under the guard of U.S. Marines. They are questioned and display documents. U.S. Marines moving single file up a mountain trail in full combat gear.
Boxer George Carpentier meets U.S. soldiers in Paris, France. Us soldiers stand beside a jeep. George Carpentier greets and talks to U.S. soldiers. He smiles.
Activities of the Seabees in the Aleutians, during World War II. Units of Seabees are ordered to the Aleutians. An animated map shows the Dutch Harbor. Ship carrying Seabees in a bay, with snow capped mountains in the background. The Seabee Battalions at the base construction site : Surveyers at work. Huge explosion demolishes a cliff. Steam shovels work on cliff face. Bulldozer creating a road. Concrete bucket being loaded. Seabees work on reinforced concrete wall, with frame of reinforcing bar visible. A huge yard filled with construction materials. Carpenters build a structure with lumber, using hand saw and hammer. View of the completed major U.S. Navy base. Seabees work to repair a damaged U.S. destroyer. The USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) seen at sea. Views of other ships in the region.
National Youth Administration in cooperation with U.S. Public Health Service determines youths' fitness to work in the United States. An optometrist does the eye check up of a young women. U.S. Public Health Service teacher explains dental decay by using teeth models. A dental examination of NYA workers by a dentist. An African American woman gets her teeth cleaned.
Farewell of U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division at Bremerhaven Sea Port in Bremen,Germany. Transportation Corp personnel and news photographers gather around gangway entrance as troops of U.S. Army 1st Division ascend stairs onto a troopship. Sign: 'Port of Bremerhaven Embarkation Welcomes'. Dependents and children alight from a bus at the pier. Sign: 'Farewell 1st Division, U.S. Army Bremerhaven'. Dock hands casting off mooring ropes as troopship "Upshur" pulls away from pier. American dependents wave as troopship moves away from dock. Harbor tug pulls troopship into a current.
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