Major General David William Hutchison arrives to present Legion of Merit award in Greenland. Major General David William Hutchison, Comrade 9th Air Force comes out of the C-130A plane and welcomed by officers at Sondrestrom AB, Greenland. Major stands past the sign board of Mess Hall recommended by Duncan Hines, Sad Sack and Kilroy. Building and facilities at Dye site in Greenland. Major General presents award the Legion of Merit to Lieutenant Colonel H Turk, Comrade 61st Troop Carrier Squad. The medal on parka.
Major General David William Hutchison arrives at Sondrestrom AB in Greenland to present Legion of Merit award. Major General disembarks from C-130A plane and welcomed by officers. Snow-cats move on snow. Building and facilities at Dye site in Greenland. Tower and strip at site.
A squadron of P-47s flying in formation low over an airfield in Corsica. Their moving shadows clearly visible on the ground. Flight of four P-47s, illuminated by sunlight , as they fly over dark smooth, unseen, water. View from P-47 as it circles and then strafes a bridge over a river.
Map of Italy shows narrowest part of peninsula where U.S. and British armies are stationed. Map highlights Anzio and Cassino. A building on top of mountain. On island of Corsica, Lt Gen Ira C Eaker, commanding general of the Mediterranean Air Forces, Maj Gen John K Cannon, leader of the Twelfth Air Force, and Brig Gen Gordon Seville of the Twelfth Tactical Air Command, plan Operation Strangle. By animation the operation is explained where pilots of Fifty-Seventh Fighter Group is required to bomb behind enemy lines and cut off the transport of enemy supplies using the P-47 Thunderbolt. Shows destroyed bridges. P-47s taxi at airfield. P-47s parked in flight line. Crew chiefs in canopy of the plane and inspect other sections of plane. Pilots board planes. Planes take off from runway. P-47s in flight over sea, mountains and a castle. P-47s in flight behind squadron leader. P-47s in flight over clouds. P-47s peel off above the bridge. An incendiary bomb is dropped on a bridge. More bridges are bombed. Explosions on bridges. P-47 in flight over fields and railroad tracks. One train spotted. P-47 strafing moving trains. Trains explode. P-47 in flight over coastline and pilot in cockpit. P-47 strafing installations and ground targets. (World War II period).
Men at Long Binh ammunition dump. Officers and soldiers examine barbed wire fence where Vietcong broke through to enter Longbinh ammunition dump. Lookout tower in the background. Ripped apart barbed wire. Jeep parked along road. Sand bags near barbed wire fence. Shoe of soldier on ground. Barbed wire torn apart by Vietcong who infiltrated through Longbinh ammunition camp. (Vietnam War period).
Civilians search through rubble of their destroyed homes. Civilians walk past wrecked buildings. ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldiers pass by in jeep. Civilians in rubble walk past wrecked buildings. ARVN soldiers in ditch alongside road. Soldier walk on wooded road. ARVN bring in Vietcong prisoner. ARVN soldiers run for cover as they come under sniper fire. Soldiers in ditch alongside road. Civilians take cover. (Vietnam War period).
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