A report on nose-first docking of large flying boat, United States. Martin XPB2M-1flying boat moves towards a U-dock. Crewman handles lines from the flying boat. Dock crewmen in small boat connect buoy lines to tail of flying boat. Main docking line being attached to the bow of flying boat. Officer gives signal for docking from slip. Flying boat moored in. Dock crewmen handle lines. Tail-first undocking of flying boat as flying boat moves out of slip. Another method of docking being demonstrated as flying boat docks. Dock crewmen handle lines.
Ceremonies to mark the 173rd anniversary of United States Marine Corps in North Carolina. 2nd Marine Division passes in inspection of Commandant of Marine Force General Clifton B. Cates. Tanks being driven as units march on field. Marines land on enemy beachheads during World War II. Smoke rises due to artillery fire on beach. Aircraft on flight line at an airfield. Aircraft and helicopters in flight.
Liberated American prisoner reading the Stars & Stripes newspaper, at German prison camp for allied airmen (Stalag 7A) near Moosburg, Germany. Several American former prisoners being interviewed, include African American 2nd Lt. Alexander Jefferson, of the Tuskegee Airmen. Former prisoners posing in a group for the camera. Former prisoners strolling around the grounds of the prison, and sitting outside its buildings. (They are awaiting transport to local airfields where they will board C-47s to Camp Lucky Strike near Le Havre, France, for processing home.)
U.S. 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, 1st Brigade carries out Operation Wahiawa in Cu Chi district, Saigon, Vietnam. Soldiers on patrol walk through a dense jungle. A soldier prepares to deactivate a booby trap with a hand grenade. A huge cache of Vietcong rice stacked in burlap bags. The soldiers load the rice from a hiding place in the jungle onto an M-113 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier). (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, 1st Brigade carries out Operation Wahiawa in Cu Chi district, Saigon, Vietnam. U.S. Army UH-1D Huey helicopters take off from a jungle. Soldiers stand in the foreground. The helicopters in flight. The helicopters land and the troops disembark and run into the jungle. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, 1st Brigade carries out Operation Wahiawa in Cu Chi district, Saigon, Vietnam, during Vietnam War. Multiple (7) U.S. Army UH-1D Huey helicopters fly low over a field for landings. The helicopters land and U.S. Army soldiers disembark. The troops run towards jungle after disembarking from the helicopters.
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