U.S. soldiers move near a zigzag Vietcong trench in a jungle in South Vietnam. Smoke rises from fire in background. Two U.S. soldiers sit in an open field. They talk to each other and smoke. (Vietnam War period).
Sailors aboard the USS Leviathan (formerly the Vaterland) in New York harbor, during World War 1, when she was serving as a troop ship. They are seen practicing emergency drills, including lowering lifeboats over the side and actually rowing them away. They also launch rubber rafts over the rails. U.S. Army soldiers from a lower deck, then descend to the rafts, using the lines from above. They are seen steping into the water-filled rafts and from there, into the lifeboats. Closeup of one soldier swimming in full uniform, with aid of floatation gear. He also relaxes in the water, suspended entirely by his life vest. View from above of a lifeboat crewed by sailors and filled with soldiers in uniform. They row away, pulling a raft, from which they help a few more soldiers into the lifeboat. Sailors row the filled lifeboats away from the ship, each towing a raft behind them. (WWI. WW1)
U.S. Army pilots of 3rd Attack Group stand on a field with Curtiss P-1 Hawk aircraft behind. Officer says they will be performing the first ever demonstration of aircraft attacking a hostile aerodrome. Aircraft in flight and bombs explode around obsolete Curtiss aircraft during U.S. Army test. Smoke in the field due to bombardment.
Battlefield filled with mortar smoke during U.S. invasion of Saipan in Mariana Islands, during World War 2, in the Pacific. U.S. Marine patrol goes out on field to recover equipment. Soldiers move forward on the field. They carry a dead Marine on a stretcher. Two Marine M3A1 Satan flamethrower M3 tanks parked.
A U.S. Army tank on a street in St Lo, France in World War II. Soldiers stand near the tank. Wrecked houses and buildings in the area. A U.S. Army tank fitted with a bulldozer. Destroyed houses and street in the area. Soldiers walk with rifles in the town amid the rubble.
Soldiers of U.S. Army 1st battalion, 8th infantry regiment, 4th division in the days after invasion of France. The U.S. Army soldiers stand in front of a house in Saint Mere Eglise, France. A French woman pours coffee into canteen cups held by soldiers. Soldiers drink coffee and several smile and enjoy the coffee. They talk amongst themselves. (World War II period).
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