Activities of "F" Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, during Operation Thor , in the Vietnam War. They are engaged in a sweep, near Xuan Hai,, 1800 meters below the DMZ. U.S. Marines wearing utilities, cart belts, bulletproof vests, camouflaged helmets and carrying canteens and M-16 rifles cross a grassy area. A marine carries a PRC-25 radio on his back crawls through the grassy area.. Battalion Command post set up in the field with communications gear and tall antennas. M-48 tanks.. A marine takes cover in a shallow hole. Grass in the foreground. The marines stand, walk and sit. One marine holds a phone radio to his ear and walks out. Second marine lying on the ground. One of them wearing a PRC-25 radio on his back holds the handset of the radio to his ear. Other radio operators kneel in the background. A radio operator lying on ground places the phone of the radio to his ear, then speaks and looks out. The radio operator smokes a cigarette while kneeling. The marines kneel near the skeleton of a tree. A marine with an M-16 rifle at the ready seated on the ground. A radio operator drinks from his plastic canteen. Group of marines with M-16 rifles ride atop an M67A3 flame-thrower tank moving across the bushy area. Tank crewman in hatch. The vehicle turns and moves out. Smoke rises from an area in the background. A marine radio operator lying on the ground holding the handset of a radio makes a note on his camouflaged helmet laying next to him.
U.S. Marines of "F" Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines take part in Operation Thor, during the Vietnam War. Partial view of idling U.S. Marine Corps UH-34D helicopter in a grassy area. The helicopter takes off. 3 marines wearing utilities, cart belts, canteens, bulletproof vests, cam helmets and carrying M-16 rifles seated on the ground in a dirt area. The marines with an M-79 grenade launcher and ammunition bag move across the grassy area. A marine kneels and fires the M-79. The tread of a tank moving through the grassy area. The tank turns and moves out.
Activities of U.S. 1st Marine division in Okinawa, Japan on the L+2 Day during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. United States Marine Corps( USMC ) General Roy Stanley Geiger and USMC Lieutenant General Pedro Augusto Del Valle confer about advance showing map. A soldier with a rifle stands in the background.
Activities of natives in Okinawa, Japan on the L+2 Day during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. The natives seated on the ground. A man smokes a cigarette. U.S. 1st Marine Division personnel talk to the man. The natives crush beans by using a mortar and a pestle. Women look at the container of beans. Hand work on the container of beans. A fully clothed Okinawan washes his feet in a pool. The Okinawan cleans food by shaking it in air.
U.S. battle fleet off the coast of Okinawa, Japan on the L+3 Day during the Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. A battleship in the background. A landing craft in the foreground. The battleship fires. Landing craft come in and near a beach. At time 00:34 to 01:32 shows the battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42), in a very detailed close up. More landing craft near the island. Smoke rising on Okinawa island.
Activities of men aboard USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation High Jump. A sailor paints a landing craft on starboard aft aboard USS Mt. Olympus (AGC-8). The sailor paints metal aboard the ship. Men make cargo nets with 2" manila rope. Men milling about and taking sun bath on the deck.
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