U.S. Marines of "F" Company , 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, near Xuan Hai, Vietnam during Operation Thor. Weary marines trudge back from a scouting mission. A marine with a 35 mm still camera around his neck. A marine with an M-16 rifle stands guard near unit packs and gear piled on the ground. A marine with an M-16 rifle walks in the foreground. Marines in the grassy area in the far background. A U.S. Marine Corps F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber dives on a target and fires rockets. Explosion from the rocket strike. A jet aircraft in flight high above.
Sea plane base activity in the European Theater during World War I. A U.S. Navy Curtiss HS-2L seaplane lands and taxis to beach on coast of France during the First World War. . Ground crew sets plank for the crew to step to the beach. Several Curtiss seaplanes parked on a ramp near hangars. Weather is raining. Sailors maneuver a seaplane into a parking place. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Activities of natives and U.S. 1st Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan on the L+3 Day during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. U.S. 1st Marine Division, 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment walks across a field. Communication men lay wires. An LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked). Men go up a ridge. Marines come inland from Red Beach. The beach in the background.
Activities of men aboard USS Olympus (AGC-8) in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation High Jump. Men make cargo nets from 2" manila rope. The men as they are working with the rope.
Flight tests of Ercoupe airplane without and with an auxiliary jet propulsion at March Field in California. The Ercoupe airplane taxis with 2 jet units firing. It is piloted by Captain Homer A. Boushey Jr. The pilot steps from the airplane. Crew works near the airplane for static tests. (World War II period).
First scenes of clip show United States Military Police (MP) processing German prisoners of war (POW) during World War 2. German prisoners load into a U.S. Army truck under supervision of several MP, in cold winter weather conditions with snow on the ground. Next scene shows German prisoners of war enter a holding area in a large field under MP supervision. Scene changes to Korean War and activities of U.S. 8th Army Military Police. U.S. Army Military Police (MPs) and Korean or Chinese prisoners of war (POW) standing. The POWs board a truck. They are led by MPs. The POWs enter a camp area in a line. An MP frisks a prisoner. Prisoner of War documents being completed by an MP. Prisoner being fingerprinted. Elevated views of mass of prisoners running quickly into large column formation with Military Police watching at the head of the column. Prisoners standing on a road in groups. The MPs stand beside them. They check the identities of the prisoners. The prisoners are being searched by the MPs. Korean civilian refugee families fleeing an area. A young Korean child on a bicycle that is also laden with many belongings as a family evacuates. Families pulling open carts with Korean children laying on the carts bundled in blankets.
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