Crew of a U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) aerial refueling KC-135 tanker aircraft stand on a stage. They stand at attention as a Lieutenant Colonel at a podium reads the citation accompanying their award , in recognition of a unique refueling mission they performed during the Vietnam War. The crew members are Major John H. Casteel, Aircraft Commander; Captain Richard L. Trail, Pilot; Captain Dean L. Hoar, Navigator; and Master Sergeant Nathan C. Campbell, Boom Operator. During Operation "Daisy Chain," they performed the first ever three-level aerial refueling operation that saved six carrier-based U.S. Navy aircraft critically low on fuel, over the Gulf of Tonkin. Each crew member is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by SAC Commander in Chief. General Joseph J. Nazzaro. Closeup of the medal on Sergeant Campbell.
Film begins showing a U.S. Air Force Convair B-58 Delta wing Hustler bomber taking off. Views of the aircraft maneuvering in flight. An unmanned Snark turbojet missile is seen launching from an inclined position, and then discharging a bomb in flight. An Atlas missile on a launching pad. Closeup shows the Strategic Air Command Logo on its side. An Atlas missile launching. A Thor intermediate range ballistic missile being launched. A Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile launching in a cloud of smoke. Scene shifts to Airmen of the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command performing duties around a parked B-52 bomber. Three crew members climb aboard a B-52 bomber.
20th Anniversary of U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. U.S. Marine officers in charge for the honor guards. The honor guards stand before the group on the flight deck. High ranked officers proceed down the flight deck. Sideboys in ranks on the deck. A red carpet stretches down the flight deck between the sideboys and the Marine Honor guards in the background. A helicopter being framed in a distance in the background. Marines walk down the line. Marine Honor guard breaking ranks at Port Arms. Marines march at Port Arms. Marines march with arms on shoulder.
U.S. Army soldier and others hand out bread to Czech Legion troops looking out from railroad cars on Trans Siberian Railway during Russian Civil War (and World War 1). Czech Legion soldiers pose in front of a Red Cross Railroad train. A squad of U.S. infantry march past a Czech soldier guarding a parked Czech Legion train carrying military supplies. Refugee families with their belongings. A refugee family poses in an open railroad box car.
U.S. Army 25th Division Liaison Psychological (Psy War) warfare team near Kumwha valley in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. Corporal Roger Mohr drives his jeep towing a two wheeled cargo trailer after completion of the broadcast. Mohr fills out report of the mission in front of a tent. A hand with a fountain pen writes.
U.S. Army 25th Division Liaison Psychological (Psy War) warfare team in Seoul, Korea during the Korean War. A truck pulls away with the leaflets. U.S. Air Force C-47 skytrain. parked. USAF written under the wing of the plane. Three fourth of the truck backs up to C-47. Korean labor seated in the truck. An insignia of the United States on the plane.
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