U.S. Marines on Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War 2. A shirtless U.S. marine poses in front of a truck. A wounded marine carried on a litter to a dock. Marines and vehicles seen at base of so-called "Suicide Cliff" on Saipan. Marines gathered on and around a U.S. M3 Gun Motor Carriage (75mm). Two marines carry a fallen comrade (completely covered on a litter). View of marines gathered on the beach, around several Japanese prisoners seated beneath some sort of Japanese structure supporting a scale.
America forces begin preparing Saipan as an advance base in the Pacific campaign against Japan in World War 2. Japanese military prisoners as well as civilian women and children are seated on the ground, shaded by a tree on a coastal plain in Saipan. American officers review a map laid out on the hood of a jeep. They converse in a group as they stand near a rudimentary small gauge railroad track in the sand. Sheer cliffs are close behind them and the ocean is nearby. A jeep is seen parked and another moves along a bumpy path. Officers and soldiers stand on and near the small gauge rail line. Several jeeps are parked. Camera pans over sheer cliffs behind. (Some contain openings that housed Japanese fortifications.) Camera pans over wide flat area where the Japanese were building an airfield near Marpi Point on the northern end of the island of Saipan. Construction materials cover the area and several jeeps travel through it. Final scene shows more Japanese civilians in a group where several American soldiers are attending to their needs.
Vietnamese refugees at a temporary camp in the United States soon after the fall of Saigon during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese refugees gathered in an area of Eglin Air Force Base where a temporary encampment had been erected. A clown entertains people. He plays with a Vietnamese child. Children watch the clown. Children eating ice creams. The clown also eats ice cream. Men talk. Trees in the background. Children stand around the clown. A child eats an ice cream. Chairs on the ground.
Vietnamese refugees in the United States during the Vietnam War, soon after the fall of Saigon. A flag on a flag pole at Eglin Air Force Base where a Vietnamese refugee center is located. Tents in the refugee camp. 'Chaplain' written on a board. A chaplain speaks to refugee people. Mobile bathrooms outside some tents. A wheel chair outside a tent. Clothes hanging on a line.
Vietnamese refugees at Eglin Air Force Base Vietnamese Refugee Processing Center, soon after the fall of Saigon during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese refugee children eating candy in a tent. Men give candies to the children who enjoy the treats. The children smile and pose for the camera. Some of the children seated on the ground play.
Vietnamese refugees arriving in the United States near the end of the Vietnam War, after the fall of Saigon. Tents in the background at the Vietnamese Refugee Processing Center of Eglin Air Force Base, outside Valparaiso, Florida. A sign board near a tent reads 'Airline ticket office'. An officer talks to a refugee family. The family consists of an older man, Mr. Ky Ly, who is present with his son and his son's family. His son is Mr. Thuyen Ly, a Vietnamese C-130 aircraft Commander with the 435th Squadron at Tan Son Nhut airbase. Also seen are Mr. Ly's wife, Mrs. Bich-Thuy Nguyen, and their two children, 5 year old Quyen Ly and 3 year old Vuong-Kha Ly. The Ly family speaks with a U.S. Air Force officer. Tents in the area. The Ly family seen walking in the tent complex. They enter a tent. The older Mr. Ly removes his glasses and a man takes his photograph for an identification card. Mr. Thuyen Ly sits for a photograph. A man takes his photograph. At a finger printing station, a man takes thumb impressions of Vietnamese refugees arriving in the United States.
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