Sign at Headquarters, U.S. Army, 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, in Dong Tam, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. View of U.S. and Vietnamese Army vehicles moving about on dry dusty roads at the base. Brief view of the base's Brown Water Navy Riverine waterfront with two armored troop carrier boats, flying American flags, tied up at the dock.
U.S. destroyers of Squadron 14, depart Norfolk, Virginia for the Mediterranean, in October, 1922. Map showing the Mediterranean Sea and surrounding countries, from the Straits of Gibralter, and East to Black Sea and Red Sea. Various sea navigation routes are depicted through the water areas. U.S. Navy Clemson class destroyer, taking on supplies in Norfolk, Virginia. Sailors carrying sacks of supplies over their shoulders from a dock onto the ship. Women seen waving at the USS Barry (DD-248) in October 1922, as she departs Hampton Roads, Virginia, for the Mediterranean, to serve with the U. S. Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters. View of USS Kane (DD-235) with sailors lined up on her foredeck. View from stern of a Squadron 14 destroyer, of the USS Hatfield (DD-231) followed by the USS Barry (DD-248). View from bridge of a destroyer, as officer looks through binoculars at five other destroyers of Squadron 14, underway in a line. Sailors on deck of destroyer practice handling of small arms and on of the ship's 5-inch guns. Sailors spin propellors on tail of a torpedo and load it into one of a battery of three launching tubes. Sailors exercise by throwing a medicine ball.View from destroyer of 5 destroyers in line, astern, the first being USS Overton (DD-239). View from a destroyer as the Squadron enters harbor at Gibralter. Sailors climbing upon concrete pier from a long boat. Buildings on steep hills of Gibralter. The USS Hatfield and the USS Gilmer (DD-233) on either side of a supply ship. Views of Destroyer Squadron 14 ships anchored, along with other warships off Constantinople (Istanbul)in the Bosphorus straits. View from a high point in Constantinople. Camera pans over city and warships in the Bosphorus.
International Bridge or Galata Bridge (Kemankeş Karamustafa Paşa, Galata Köprüsü, 34425 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Turkey) in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) Turkey. American sailor stands looking over the bridge. On board a U.S. Navy ship, of the U.S. Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters, sailors forge an iron bar. One strikes hammer held by another which leans upon the bar against a large anvil. Pieces of the bar flake off. A sailor saws a piece of wood. Sailors assemble parts of the ship. An officer holds a sextant and a sailor writes down readings. Sailor holds a line and another signals with semaphore flags on the ship.
Crew of the 99th signal company, 99th infantry division, First U.S. Army (FUSA) laid communication wire across snow-covered country and through forest area of Sourbrodt Belgium and use a weasel M-29 for wire vehicle. Weasel M-29 parked, men load bundles on it. M-29 driven on snow covered road. Trees covered with snow besides road. Weasel driven in trees. Soldiers hold wire. M29 driven on snow covered road. Soldiers lay wire besides road. A soldier ties wire to a tree. Soldiers pull wire. Wire behind tree. Soldier drives M-29 on snow covered field. Soldiers handle wire from M29. (World War II period).
U.S. Marines of the 4th Division on Iwo Jima during World War 2. Several are seen loading a huge unexploded artillery shell onto a bomb disposal truck. They use the truck's built-in hoist and traveling crane to raise and move the shell into the truck . Closeup from rear as marines gently lower the shell onto sand bags in the truck bed. The marines then climb aboard the truck and hold onto its framework as drives drives slowly away. The truck is equipped with tire chains. View from rear as the truck drives toward a steep cliff on the shore of Iwo Jima.
U.S. Navy film about aviation, entitled "Wings for the Fleet." Movie opens with view of an F-4 Phantom aircraft in flight. It displays Carrier Air Wing 15 tail code "NL,"and the number "2316" on its fuselage. Closeup of pilot in front seat of the F-4. "LT. J.G. D.H. Rogers is painted below the canopy. Change of scene to Navy warships on maneuvers. The USS King (DL-10/DLG-10/DDG-41) a Farragut Class (also known as Coontz Class) guided missile destroyer and and the Aircraft Carrier, USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) with deck full of F-4 Phantom aircraft. An F-4 aircraft is seen on combat air patrol overhead. A closeup shows it is the same aircraft shown earlier, piloted by Lt JG D.H. Rogers. The F-4 rolls over and dives. Scene shifts to combat control center aboard the aircraft carrier, where controllers convey target information to the F-4. View of pilot in cockpit and his missile targeting display. He is cleared to arm missile and fire. Interior of his cockpit as he engages the arm toggle switch. The F-4 fires a missile that is seen striking and destroying a drone target, which falls flaming into the sea. Back in the control room, a sailor wipes clean the plexiglass display he was using to track the action. View of F-4s landing on the USS Coral Sea, and view from cockpit of Lt JG D.H. Rogers' plane being guided into parking position on her flight deck. His plane Captain climbs aboard the wing and helps him remove items from the cockpit. Rogers stops to discuss something with the plane Captain and they walk together towards the Carrier Island.
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