The U.S. army launches its operation in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The flat bed trailer trucks carry U.S. M56 Scorpion, an anti tank gun being driven on a field. The trucks stops on the field. The M56 Scorpion being drive off the trucks. U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team soldiers seated on the M56 Scorpion.
The U.S. army launches its operation in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The U.S. soldiers march past the UH-1B Iroquois helicopters at the Bien Hoa Air Base. The soldiers stand as they hold guns. The UH-1Bs Iroquois on field. The U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team soldiers board the UH-1B Iroquois.
The U.S. Army conducts a heliborne assault in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The paratroopers are inserted into a landing zone (LZ) during a field operation. The U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) paratroopers exit the helicopters and move across a field toward a wood line. The U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois "Huey" helicopters take off .
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Three U.S. marines gather around a foxhole. One of the marines fires a pistol into the foxhole. A marine rifleman fires into a Japanese pillbox. A marine uses a flame thrower on it as a result of which it burns. The flame thrower shoots flame into the pillbox. U.S. 2nd Battalion 5th Marines go inside it and bring out equipment. The marines inspect the gear which they found in the pillbox. Tents of United States 1st Marine Division. Tables and chairs inside the tent.
U.S. 80th Division reunion in Charleston, West Virginia. Veterans soldiers from World War 1 of the U.S. Army 80th Division take food. African American cooks prepare barbecue and other food at an outdoor grill cooking area. The veterans eat pork ribs and other food and greet each other. U.S. Army Brigadier General L. M. Brett appointed as the president of the association is greeted by his colleagues. General Jamison former Commander of 159th Infantry Brigade in France congratulates L. M. Brett.
Flight operations at Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island during World War 2. U.S. Marine First Lieutenant Marshall, and another airman stand and smoke by the tail of the bullet-riddled F4U Corsair aircraft that he just landed on Torokina airfield. The aircraft, Corsair number 25 (BuNo 17736) is from Lieutenant Marshall's unit, VMF-216. They examine the damage on the aircraft. Lt. Marshall, who suffered head injury from cockpit shrapnel is being given first aid in an army tent. Views of damage to the aircraft, including tattered wing, flaps shot up, holes in the fuselage, and huge pieces shot out of the rudder. ( This mission took place on 19 Dec 1943. After flying cover for B-24 bombers over Rabaul, Three U.S. Marine Corps F4Us flown by Capt. Lawrence 'Cloudy" Faulkner, and First Lieutenants Marshal and Guv Kemper, were surprised and engaged by 20-30 Japanese Zekes (Zeros) diving from behind clouds . Lieutenant Marshal was the sole survivor of the encounter.)
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