Aerial view of the U.S. Navy Aircraft carrier, USS Wasp (CV-18) painted in camouflage Measure 33, Design 10a paint, underway in Manila Bay, during World War 2. Close view of an F6F Hellcat of Navy Squadron VF-14 taking off from the Wasp, followed by a TBF/TBM Avenger of VT-14. Formation of TBFs passing overhead and then over coast of Japanese-held territory. A Japanese airplane with smoke streaming behind. A Japanese airplane being attacked from behind and hit by gunfire (probably from an F6F). View from U.S. Navy aircraft strafing Japanese ground targets.
The history of famous airplanes. Australian polar explorer Captain Sir George Hubert Wilkins and American aviator Lieutenant Carl Benjamin Eielson in Spitsbergen, Svalbard after completing a 2,200 mile trans-Arctic flight from Alaska to Spitszbergen. Captain Wilkins in a civilian dress. An aircraft being moved out of the area. 'Detroit news, Arctic expedition' written on the side of the airplane. Captain Wilkins and Lt Eielson check over the airplane prior to a take off. Men dressed in civilian garb. The aircraft starts to taxi across the field. It is a Lockheed Vega aircraft. Animated world map shows the start of the Wilkins flight on April 15th from Point Barrow in Alaska and traces the route of the flight to Spitsbergen. The time of the flight was 20 hours, 20 minutes. They land at Green Bay in Spitsbergen.
U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam during Operation Big Spring of the Vietnam War. Soldiers seated in a field with weapons. They rest and talk amongst themselves. A soldier pets a dog. He holds the leash of the dog. Other soldiers stand nearby. A soldier reads a newspaper. A soldier looks at photographs in his wallet. One of them smokes. The soldiers pick up their backpacks and begin to advance across the field. View of soldiers crossing field, approaching camera. Soldiers wearing backpacks and carrying their weapons move through a thick brush area while on patrol.
U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam during Operation Big Spring of the Vietnam War. Soldiers advance along a jungle. Trees in the foreground. Two soldiers talk. They dig shallow shelters in the jungle. They load and fire an 81 mm mortar.
U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam during Operation Big Spring of the Vietnam War. Engineers at work in a jungle. They prepare a demolition charge. Some of the engineers place it into a cave. Soldiers walk along a jungle. Smoke from an explosion behind trees. A soldier holds the leash of a dog.
U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam during Operation Big Spring of the Vietnam War. Soldiers advance through a jungle. They carry rifles and lifesaving combat bags. Trees in the foreground. They move into a clearing and prepare to set up for the night. A soldier digs a foxhole. Other soldiers erect radio antennas. A man talks over a phone.
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