U.S. President John F. Kennedy with an American astronaut John Glenn in Florida after Glenn successfully orbited the earth in the NASA Friendship 7 mission. Welcoming formation of troops moves away from the President's Air Force One aircraft (Boeing 707, Air Force designation: VC-137C). Color Guard marches holding flag of United states. The President's plane taxis out for takeoff, blowing up a wind.. Camera man on top of a car. An orange helicopter flies across the field. Photographers and newsmen stand on top of a van with a camera. Officials at the port. John F. Kennedy with John Glenn in a motorcade. They arrive at stage in front of building where sign reads: "Spacecraft Center." President Kennedy and John Glenn climb up the stairs of a stage. John Glenn and wife, Annie, sit beside the President. Officials and employees applaud. John Glenn speaks into the microphone. A United States Spacecraft sits on the ground near the stage. President Kennedy makes a few remarks. Afterwards, the President, Astronaut Glenn, and Annie Glenn, together enter a building labeled: "NASA."
Exercise Jupiter activities at Wiesbaden Airbase, West Germany. (This was a three-day, French-directed war game involving Allied forces in Europe). An Italian Air Force officer and U.S.Air Force Sergeant J. Gormley stand on wing of an F-84E aircraft of the USAF 527th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (86th Fighter-Bomber Wing). The Sergeant opens the plane's canopy and steps into the cockpit, as the Italian officer stands on a ladder to lean in and observe. The aircraft is No. 49-2220. Sergeant Gormley points out features of the cockpit.
United States Army soldiers at a base camp in South Vietnam. A soldier carries 105mm Howitzer (HOW) shells to artillery position. Fire by artillery. Soldiers on tank. M-28 tank takes up position near 105mm HOW. Soldiers get off the tank. Smoke arises from signal grenade. CH-47 helicopter flies in with sling load of ammunition. Ammunition is dropped and helicopter flies. M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) and M-48 tanks in security position. Soldiers near by 105mm Howitzer. Soldiers carry mermite cans from UD-1D helicopter. The cans contain hot meals for the troops. (Vietnam War period).
Popular Forces troops in uniform approach the street in South Vietnam. The troops march to eat with mess kits in their hands. They sing while marching. A white square stone monument which reads 'To Quoc' at Chan Tho base area. (Vietnam War period).
United States aircraft in flight for an air strike, South Vietnam. U.S. F8E Crusader in flight low fires a rocket. Plane pulls up from the target area. It banks off to left and moves on the run. It moves for attack at Tay Ninh. A rocket fired and explodes on the ground. Plane in flight banks off to its right on its attack on the Viet Cong Concentration. A rocket explodes in a patch of woods. Plane over a jungle. It banks in and strafes the area. Smoke rises from the target area. (Vietnam War period).
The NVA (North Vietnamese Army) invasion of South Vietnam. Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops on the streets of Hue, Vietnam. People walk on the street. Houses and trees in the background. ARVN tank moves on the road. Soldiers in the ARVN compound. Children playing. The ARVN truck convoy lined up on a street. The truck convoy on a highway. Mountains and trees in the background. The troops dig in at the base headquarters. Barbed wire entanglements on the ground. (Vietnam War period).
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