U.S. Navy recruits (wearing white uniform) marching in drill field of the Naval Training Station in Norfolk, Virginia, before World War 2. Recruits marching with rifles and banners reading “Eighth Week” and “Training B Unit”. Recruits stand in place and a marching band plays music. Naval officers salute in front of recruits. United States flag in drill field. A wooden scale model of a battleship is seen near the field. A tent for guests to watch marching in drill field. Military band musicians play trumpets, flutes, and tuba (or sousaphone). Recruits and band standing in ranks. Recruits and military band march with the United States flag and banner across the drill field. Men standing in the middle of the drill field. Recruits perform calisthenics simultaneously.
United States Marines at the post office inside the United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (GTMO). Marines are seen standing at outside window counters of the post office. Another soldier was leaning on the wall beside a mailbox. Marines in civilian and uniform attire do their business at the post office window. Sign reads “Post Office Unit No. 1”. A marine in uniform talks to the staff through the window. A mail man picks up postal mail from the mailbox of the naval station post office. Two uniformed marines walk past the post office. Two marines carrying paper bags approach the post office. A marine waiting in line outside the post office.
Chemical Warfare Service (CWS) handles the distribution of incendiary bombs in Europe during World War II. Lieutenant Colonel R. N. Isbell of the Chemical Warfare Service (CWS) makes calculations from his desk. An incendiary order addressed to the Commanding General is typed on a typewriter. Buses arrive at the motor pool of the United States War Department, now known as the Pentagon. Women disembark from the buses and head to the War Department. Employees working in the office inside the War Department. Men prepare bombs at an arsenal. Men hauling carts with large incendiary bombs in warehouse. A man stencils labels onto bomb that read, "PT-1 Incendiary," and "Bomb Burster." The United States flag waving on a ship. Ships carry a shipment of incendiary bombs to the United Kingdom. Incendiary bombs inside wooden crates are unloaded from ships. Steam locomotive train running on track as railroad signal activates. Incendiary bombs are removed from train cars. Two munitions are suspended on a crane. Trucks loaded with bombs drive out of the depot, passing past village cemetery. An Air Division Chemical Officer receives new shipment information. The Air Division Chemical Officer reads the document and updates bomb listings on chalkboard.
United States soldiers around a tent at a check post in North Africa. A United States flag near the tent. Mountains in the background. A man stands on a bridge and looks over. Three African children in a green grassy field. Native straw huts in the background. A road flanked with trees on either side. (World War II period).
United States soldiers capture Koblenz, Germany during World War II . Aerial view of the city of Coblenz. A bridge over a stream. A soldier talks on the radio. Soldiers load shells for firing. A destroyed bridge. Soldiers cross the stream and enter the city. German soldiers surrender. United States soldiers and tanks move down the streets. Dead German soldier lay on the ground. Soldiers move through ruins and take cover. A soldier fires from within a destroyed building. A sniper in prone position aims from amongst the rubble.
Army Material Command (AMC) logistic support of United States Air Force Snark missile project in United States. Aerial view of the Edwards Air Force Base. A U.S. officer seated in his office talks on a phone. A Snark missile on a launcher is taken to a launchpad.
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