The role of women in in the United States Army. A nurse helps an injured soldier in a hospital. A physiotherapist moves the leg of a soldier. A women dietitian works in the laboratory. View of Congress, on June 1948, during passage of the Women's Armed Services Act. Colonel Mary A. Hallaren being appointed as the first WAC officer in the regular Army of the United States. General George Marshall witnesses the appointment and swears in Sergeant Bates, as the first enlisted woman in the regular Army, as Colonel Hallaren witnesses. Women recruits arrive at WAC processing center by train. They get into a bus. Women enter the WAC training center. They are issued uniforms. Women being taught military matters in open air classrooms. WAC in close order drill, and donning gas masks.
Views of Roosevelt Hall of the National War College at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington DC. The building was designed by architects McKim, Mead, and White, and built during 1903 through 1907. An eagle adorns the front entrance. A cannon; an anchor; and a propeller are displayed on the front steps, representing the three main branches of U.S. Military (Army, Navy and Air Force).
South Korean soldiers of Republic of Korea (ROK) on the road with rifle and full field packs. ROK troops moving through brush-covered terrain, with camouflage of natural materials. Shells bursting in air. ROK troops firing recoilless weapon from concealed position. Shells striking targets. ROK troops firing machine gun. Numerous shells bursting on targets with smoke rising.
33rd U.S. President Harry S. Truman addresses a huge gathering at a ground breaking of the Reynolda Campus of Wake Forest College in North Carolina. President is shown arriving in a U.S. Air force C-121 Lockheed Constellation aircraft. Terminal of the airport can be seen. People have gathered to welcome the president. Clip shows several views of his speech at the ground-breaking ceremony and views of his arrival and departure from the airport. On arrival he is seen shaking hands with North Carolina governor W. Kerr Scott. He also greets College President Harold W. Tribble. During the Wake Forest University ground-breaking ceremony other dignitaries seen include Charles Babcock, Judge Hubert Olive, Odis Mull. Students and citizens seen in audience listening to President, including some students waving confederate flags.
Troops of the Republic of Korea (ROK) during the Korean War. ROK soldiers marching along a road in full field gear with rifles and backpacks. They scramble through rough terrain with natural foliage on their helmets and packs, as camouflage. Shells seen bursting in the air with smoke descending. ROK troops firing recoilless weapon and shells seen striking distant targets. An ROK machine gun nest, with crew firing. Numerous artillery shells seen bursting on targets.
U.S. General Matthew Ridgway, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) conversing with British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Deputy SACEUR, as they consult map of Europe on a wall. U.S. General of the Army, Five-star General, Omar Bradley, arriving in France, on a C-121 Lockheed Constellation aircraft of the U.S. Military Air Transport Service. He is met by French Marshal Alphonse Pierre Juin, Commander of the NATO Central Army Group (CENTAG). General Bradley reviews an honor guard at the airport, before driving away in a car.
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