Salvage operations off the coast of Palomares, Spain by the United States after the 1966 Palomares B-52 crash incident. A motorized Alvin craft enters the flooded well deck of an LSD (Landing Ship, Dock) off the coast of Palomares. Many lines are fastened to Alvin to pull in to proper position. The tail gate of the LSD rises for the closing of the well deck. A sling is lowered over Alvin. A man in the conning tower of Alvin and a man on the deck prepares to make a hook-up. Alvin in the flooded well deck. A rubber boat is alongside. A crewman jumps into the rubber boat from the deck. One man stands on the deck of Alvin. The sling is attached for hoisting Alvin out of the water. Alvin being hoisted high up into the air by the ship's crane. Several lines are extended to the left and the right to keep Alvin steady. Alvin in the air hanging from the crane hook, framed by a part of the LSD. Alvin is lowered to the deck of the LSD. A large group of men around Alvin with some holding guy lines and some looking on.
Activities of United States Army 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. Helicopter UH-1D of U.S. Army flies over rice paddies. Views of rice paddies. E/17 Trooper wades knee deep in mud of paddy. Other troopers of E Troop 17th. Cavalry follow. Soldiers of Company B, 3rd Platoon, search a suspected Vietcong farmhouse. Sergeant questions a woman. 5th January1966: Soldier walks with Vietcong suspect across a paddy. Two Vietcong suspects being questioned. Old man being interrogated. Sergeant searches in a brush near a tree. Vietcong suspects being questioned. They are blindfolded and their hands are tied. Prisoners being led away. Woman and children being led out of a farmhouse.
Monuments in Washington DC. Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States) with the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, USA) on its right. View of the Washington Monument. Snow covered ground and trees in front of the monument. Officer in uniform.
U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army truck and a UH-1D Iroquois helicopter on the Can Tho Airfield. United States Army 5th Special Forces Group soldiers loading food and supplies into the helicopter from the truck. A case of syringe and needles having USA symbol. The soldiers aboard the truck of supplies. The UH-1D in flight in the background. A U.S. soldier stands beside the truck and talks to Vietnamese soldiers.
Activities of USAF (United States Air Forces) 377th Air Police Security Squadron at Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. USAF AP (Air Police), U.S. Army MP (Military Police) and VNAF (Viet Nam Air Force) MP walk past bars and shops on a street in Saigon. A sign on tree reads 'Off Limits To U.S. Forces'. AP, USA MP and Vietnamese MP walk and check bars to see if they are closed. They come to an open bar. Two U.S. Army enlisted men exit and AP write up a violation, then the security guards move on. The name of the bar reads 'Snack Bar Tokyo'. Sentry dog compound shows a sign which reads 'OFF LIMITS, SENTRY DOG AREA, DANGER and KENNEL AREA'.
People gather to mourne victims, including 116 children, killed when Half a million tons of coal mining waste (a "tip") collapsed and crashed down a hillside onto Pantglas Junior School, burying both the school and 20 nearby houses in the village of Aberfan, Wales, UK, on October 21, 1966. View of the village, as three British sailors walk downhill on the sidewalk, past mourners walking uphill, on October 27th, to participate in a mass funeral for children who perished. A line of caskets is seen surrounded by flowers. Mourners gather on the side of the hill for the funeral service. Mourners place tributes on a huge cross of flowers laid out on the hillside
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