American Army General John L DeWitt's visit to Mexico. Mexican General Juan Felipe Islaz receives General DeWitt at the US-Mexican border. Bi-lingual sign board 'Alto Migration/ Stop Immigration' at the international border. General John L DeWitt and Mexican General Juan Felipe Islaz shake hands with each other as other officials surround them and watch. Both Generals talk to each other, shake hands and pose for a photograph.
Japanese Americans lower the United States flag at Poston War Relocation Center (internment camp) in Arizona, during World War II. They fold the flag carefully. Elevated view looking down on armored vehicles and tanks during a military parade in the United States. Nisei (second generation Japanese-American) U.S. Army soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team seen in training for combat operations, at a military base in the United States. Slate notes that their slogan is "Go For Broke" and quotes a soldier as saying, "We have more to fight for than you do. Of course, we fight for our country, America, but we are also out to redeem the name of our race." Japanese- American soldiers navigate an obstacle course in Army training.
Japanese-American recruits in the United States Army, under training at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, United States. Nisei soldiers fire machine guns from a trench. They train on obstacle course. Soldiers crawl in a tunnel, jump a ridge, climb eight foot wall, crawl in bog. Marching practice by the troops. Buglers give a church call on Sundays. Prayers by soldiers and priests. Marching troops of soldiers salute U.S. national flag. (World War II period).
Friends and relatives of U.S. Vice President John Nance Garner inaugurate a 'Garner for President' boom at his birthplace in Detroit, Texas. A crowd of people gather outside his birth place, an old house. Friends and relatives cheer for Garner. A man and a girl child display placards and banners written 'Garner for President'.
U.S. Army, Headquarters 1st Logistic Command and Special Services Division in Vietnam. A forklift machine lifts heavy materials and transports them at the storage yard. The forklift machine passes by other equipment and loads the large supply wooden boxes onto a low bed trailer. The operator operates various controls of the forklift. (Vietnam War period).
Black Virgin Mountain signal site near Lai Khe in South Vietnam. Signal site atop the mountain with bunkers, buildings and antennas. A U.S. 1st Infantry Division guard soldier with rifle alert on roof of the sandbagged bunker. Other soldiers keep an eye, alert with their rifles on top of the sandbagged bunkers. (Vietnam War period).
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