Chinese Air Force 1st American Volunteer Group Flying Tiger pilots in China India Burma Theater during World War II. Flying Tiger pilots grouped on a field are presented with letters and rank bars which they pin on their shirts. Close-up view of Flying Tigers ace pilot Frank Schiel being recognized. U.S. airplanes parked on an airfield in the background. The Commander of Flying Tigers U.S. Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault arrives. The pilots conclude a quick briefing and then scramble and run, rushing to United States Army Air Force P-40 Tomahawk fighter airplanes. The P-40s taxi and take off from the airfield. The aircraft in flight.
United Nations troops evacuate Haungam, North Korea during the Korean War. Parachute supplies dropped from a U.S. C-119, descend over a field in Hungnam for UN troops. UN troops embark on LSTs (Landing Ship Tank). Equipment loaded aboard LSTs. Beach installations are blasted by UN troops as they leave Hungnam. U.S. Marines climb up a hill during the advance in North Korea. The marines take positions on the hill top and fire guns and artillery. Amphibious vehicles approach a beach. Shell explosions on hills. U.S. airplanes overhead drop bombs on the hills and provides air support. A marine talks into a radio and airplanes overhead drop bombs over targets in fighting area. U.S. airplanes provide close air support to U.S. Marines fighting troops of People's Republic of China. Explosions on the hills. U.S. Marines advance on a hill and fire at enemy positions.
Commander of U.S. Army Forces in Europe, Lieutenant General Jacob Devers, personally congratulates the pilot, Captain Robert K. Morgan, and each crew member of the 8th Air Force B-17 bomber, "Memphis Belle." Commander of U.S. 8th Air Force, Major General Ira Eaker, is present during the ceremony, which is extensively covered by photographers, cinematographers, newsmen and broadcasters. (BBC microphone can be seen.) Some actions are repeated at the request of the military film director on the scene. The name and artwork on the nose of the aircraft is clearly seen as well as the 25 bombs (for missions) and 8 swastikas (for downed German airplanes) painted on the "Memphis Belle" fuselage. (World War II period).
Evacuation of U.S. Army Air Force crew members at a camp site in a Burmese jungle during World War II. Soldiers run towards a wrecked U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain airplane on a field. An injured crewman lies on a stretcher beside the wrecked C-47. The injured is loaded aboard a light airplane and is evacuated. The airplane takes off. A soldier makes out a tag for another wounded crewman who is loaded aboard a light airplane. The light airplane taxis and takes off from a jungle airstrip.
U.S. Army General Joseph Stilwell confers with Frank Merrill, Commander-General of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit (nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) in Burma during World War II. Merrill and Stilwell walk along a field and talk. Gliders parked on a field. U.S. Army Air Force aircraft drop parachute supplies. A U.S. Army Air Force light aircraft taxis for a take off from a jungle strip.
Securing the capture of Myitkyina airfield by Allied Forces during Burma Campaign of World War II. USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) fighter aircraft lands at Myitkyina airfield and American pilot hops out of aircraft with a cigarette in his mouth. British soldiers gathered around an antiaircraft gun. Rations are unloaded by Chinese troops from USAAF C-47 Skytrain plane. Very low-flying U.S. Army transport aircraft drops supplies to the ground without parachute, from the air, to avoid over-taxing the runway that was softened by days of heavy rain. U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders load mules with rations and supplies
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