Men of 254th Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division are honored in Creglingen, Germany during World War II. Soldiers of 254th Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division in a parade. U.S. Army Brigadier General Frederick M. Harris Commander of 63rd Infantry Division with other officers reviews the parade. He presents men of 254th Infantry Regiment with Silver Stars after the formal parade.
Soldiers of U.S. 71st Infantry Regiment in Heidelberg, Germany during World War II. The soldiers sit alongside tracks and relax in boxcars. Men read, talk and smoke. A group of soldiers smokes and plays cards. The soldiers listen to other soldiers playing musical instruments. The soldiers hold guns and carry bags out of a building. Some men stand on a railway platform and others in boxcars.
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Nagasaki, Japan after World War II. A broken corrugated asbestos roof lying on the floor. A collapsed testing rig into a torpedo testing basin. Control equipment and instrument panels on the torpedo testing rig. A U.S. Army officer inspects the damage inflicted on the torpedo testing basin and building structure. A wall leaning inwards as a result of the pressure exerted on it by a blast.
Activities of airmen at U.S. 20th Bomber Command headquarters in Guam immediately after end of World War II. Improvised wind-driven washing machines. A tent area and palm trees. Men in a chow line. They sterilize their mess gear in water heated by a stove. A sign on a building reads 'Headquarters, 20th Bomber Command'. A man walks out of the building. B-29s of the 314th Bomb Wing, 29th Bomb Group (Tail Code "O") are parked on flight line.
About a month after the end of World War 2, Airmen at the Headquarters, U.S. 20th Bomber Command, Guam, Marianas Islands, try their hand at movie making for fun. Numerous takes of airman's hand on control stick in cockpit of a P-51. The first is with a glove on. Others are barehanded. He manipulates the control stick and presses weapons firing buttons. In a different scene, a "pilot" sits in cockpit of a dented P-51 and with help of contrived background appears to be flying. He acts somewhat bewildered.
Artillery fortification in Bien Hoa, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers of U.S. 8th Artillery 54th Artillery Group work on an M107 Self Propelled 175mm gun. Filled sacks in the foreground. Firing from the howitzer. The soldiers come out of a bunker. A soldier carries shells and places them on a howitzer. Two men load the shells in the howitzer and clean a gun barrel.
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