Elements of the 7th and 8th Regiments, U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division, moving over desert terrain as they head for a base camp at Alamito, during maneuvers in the Marfa-Shafter-Alamito area of the Big Bend District, Texas. A guidon bearer rides near the head of each cavalry unit. First Cavalry Division soldiers march towards their base camp at Alamito, after military exercise. Troops on horses walk in line on dusty paths in desert. Commanders and flag bearers lead the troops.
90th Replacement Battalion of United States Army arrives in Vietnam. Soldiers move inside a building written with 'Clear All Weapons'. Soldiers load barrack bag on luggage carts, one after the other. Luggage cart carries luggage and soldiers board the buses. Buses carry soldiers towards the base camps. Sign over entrance gate '90th Replacement Battalion'. Buses turn towards the base camp. Soldiers descend from buses and walk towards briefing area. (Vietnam War period).
United States President John F. Kennedy arrives at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington DC and takes off in the VC-137C Air Force One plane. People in stands wait for the arrival of President and First Lady Jacquelin Kennedy. Ground staff members instruct a taxiing plane. President and First Lady arrive in United States Marine Corps VH-3A helicopter. President gets into a VC-137C followed by a Navy aide. Aircraft ramp rolls away. The plane takes off. Other charter planes parked at the air force base.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers bomb factories and other targets in Formosa Island (present day Taiwan) and return to their base in Saipan, during World War II. Crew members attach guided bombs at dawn to the bombers. The bombers take off. Flying over Formosa Island over clouds they drop bombs on Japanese targets. Antiaircraft guns fired. The B-29 lands after a successful bombing mission. Crew of the B-29 'Tokyo Rose', first plane to fly over Japanese positions, honored at the Saipan base. Insignia on the nose of the plane. Brigadier General Hansel attaches medals on the uniforms of the crew members.
Lai Khe base transferred to the 1st Infantry division of the United States Army, in South Vietnam. General Nguyen Van Hieu, General Do Cao Tri and Lieutenant General Julian J Ewell arrive at the base camp and greeted by the dignitaries. General Hieu and General Tri salute while Major General Albert E. Milloy and Ewell stand in attention. United States soldiers stand in formation. The Generals review the troops. The American flag lowered from the post and folded. Flag detail marches off. VN and American troops change sides. General Hieu addresses the soldiers on a microphone. Color guard Generals stand on the stand. General Milloy addresses on the microphone. Dignitaries listen and watch him. The generals shake hands with each other after the ceremony. (Vietnam War period).
An aircraft flies over the Vung Tau air base in Vietnam. It flies over houses in the town. Smoke emerges from a hill. Before landing it flies over helicopters and an air craft at the air base. It lands and moves over the runway.
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