Highlights the role of United States Coast Guard in Operation Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia. Tanks and planes take off during early hours of 17th January 1991 to attack Iraq and Operation Desert Storm gets underway. Newspaper headline reads, "WAR! Forces Launch Attack on Iraq" President George H W Bush in his address explains the need and importance of military action against Iraq. United States Coast Guards on board a patrol boat underway at sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Men send messages on wireless. A man at a gun on board a boat. BM2 Joe Gosh and PS1 Jim Cudney state the preparedness for the war.
United States Capitol in Washington DC, United States. Charles Lindbergh presented the Medal of Honor by President Calvin Coolidge and Secretary of State Charles Evan Hughes outside the Capitol at a ceremony in Washington DC. Lindbergh addresses the gathering.
Cabinet members and prominent persons of the administration under President Warren G Harding. United States Secretary of State, Charles Evans Hughes and others walk down the stairs of a building in Washington DC, United States in 1921. Hughes along with AA Adee, HP Fletcher and RW Bliss outside a building.
President Franklin D Roosevelt at his first inauguration in Washington DC. A large crowd gathers to witness the oath taking ceremony of Franklin D Roosevelt as the President of United states in Washington DC, United States. Roosevelt after assuming the office of the President in his address to the nation expresses hope that America will come out of the Great Depression and will prosper. He states that the primary aim of the government is to provide work to all. He says that he will ask the Congress to grant him broad Executive powers to meet the crisis.
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's Washington Press Conference address on his new policy for Vietnam. President's wife Lady Bird Johnson and daughter Lynda Bird Johnson Robb in attendance. Members of the press seated in the room and take down notes. President Lyndon Johnson addresses the press. The President says that he wishes to convey to Communist powers in Vietnam that the United States cannot be defeated by 'force of arms or by superior power.' The President states that he has spoken to Commanding General Westmoreland has assured him that whatever his needs are, they will be met. He says that U.S. troop numbers in the Vietnam War will be increased from 75,000 to 125,000. Additional forces will be needed later which will be sent. Brief shots of young men recruits in the United States standing in line for the draft, taking tests, and taking the oath as soldiers. The President says that he welcomes the concerns of any nation.
Scene from Operation New Life and Operation New Arrival operations for Vietnamese refugees at Harrisburg International Airport (1 Terminal Dr, Middletown, PA 17057, United States) in Pennsylvania, United States. The Salvation Army truck serving coffee. A Pennsylvania State Police helicopter. The helicopter takes off. A sign on the truck reads: 'The Salvation Army'. Men serving coffee to the military personnel.
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