Activity at Alto Airbase, Corsica, during World War 2. Man with flight report standing by tent. Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert O. Wymond, Jr. of the 65th Fighter Squadron, standing on newly constructed floor, observes activity during construction of an Officers club. Two men are sawing wood. Others are nailing roof rafters in place. Flyers taking a break on raft supported by 55gallon drums, at beach area of Alto Air Base. They push one another into water and have fun on the raft.
Opening slate identifies location as Cambodia, FSB Bronco, June 20, 1970. U.S. army gun crew of 1st Battalion, 30th Field Artillery Regiment are seen stripped to the waist, standing by their 155mm howitzer, listening to an officer at Fire Base Bronco, during the Cambodian incursion of the Vietnam War. After the officer leaves, they begin loading and firing their gun. Some hold their ears as the gun fires. Scene shifts to ammunition dump where gunners pick up more shells and bring them to the gun site. The crew begins firing again. Their officer is present and communicates by wireless phone. View of the fire support base, itself. Closeup of gunner making aiming adjustments.
Directorate of Material building in Norton AFB, California. Main gate at Norton AFB in California. People entering Directorate of Material building. EDP (Electronic Data Processor) operator at console. Convair plant and aerial view of missile base. Data processing equipment and early computer equipment used in logistic support. Shows card punch machine, memory storage unit (IBM 709), and high speed printer. Parts order being coded with rubber stamp. Shrouded Atlas D missile on trailer truck being hauled cross-country. Atlas being loaded into C-133 airplane. Aircraft in flight overhead. Shrouded Atlas on trailer entering missile base. Airmen working on nuclear warhead nose cone in hangar, then mating nose cone to Atlas. Check out tests are carried out by airmen. Two airmen standing beside LOX truck in LOX area.
View of Ubon Airport Terminal. Airplane T-30A taxis in. Lieutenant General James W. Wilson emerges from T-30A. He is greeted by Major General Charles R. Bond and other staff officers. Close view of a three-star ID plate on front of the car. General Wilson and others get into car and car is driven away. All the officers reach Base theater in car. NCOs can be seen standing as General Wilson and General Bond enter. General Wilson and General bond walks out of theater and depart by car.
Aerial views of United States Fire Support Base (FSB) Nancy. It is built on a cleared area and is surrounded by mountains covered with thick vegetation. Unpaved roads run across the base. Erected tents at the base.
U.S. soldiers of 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam. The soldiers receive their Christmas mail and packages. They disperse and walk to a bunker which has a decorated Christmas tree on the top of sandbags. An M113 Armored Personnel Carrier passes by. A soldier sits on the sandbags. He opens and reads a Christmas card. Then he opens packages. Other soldiers open packages. An African American soldier smiles and shakes two packages trying to guess what is inside. The Christmas tree on the sandbags of a bunker. (Vietnam War period).
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