U.S. Army Air Force at a base in China-Burma-India Theater during the World War II. B-24 bombers of the U.S. Army Air Force take off a runway at their base in India during WWII. A number of planes take off as ground staff watches. Each plane has a unique identification number. Bomb dropped at enemy position. Planes among the clouds.
73rd bombardment wing of the 20th Air Force of the United States Army Air Force at Isley Field Base in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bombers at the hardstands at Isley Field base. Bombers take off for a mission to Truk, Caroline Islands under Japanese rule. Pilot and crew members inside a B-29 cockpit. Other bombers seen flying above the clouds. Crew member keeps a watch for enemy airplanes from the top of canopy. Another crew member keeps a watch on other bombers of the group.
Rough sea and strong winds blow due to a hurricane. Heavy surf washes over a pier and trees bow over in strong hurricane force winds. View of entrance sign at Keesler Air Force Base where weather forecasting and hurricane hunting operations done. Personnel of U.S. Air Force 920th Weather Reconnaissance Group seen receiving teletype information about a hurricane, and plotting hurricane position and course on paper. View of a WC-130 aircraft in flight on the hurricane hunting operation. Pilot and navigator seen on board as they approach and fly into the hurricane to gather data. The WC-130 seen again in clear skies returning to base.
Activities aboard USS Harnett County during Operation Game Warden in Vietnam. A hook is lowered to the PBR (Patrol Boat River) alongside. Crewmen hook up a sling to the hook to lift the boat out of the water. The PBR lifted out of the water. Crew disembarks from the PBR at a rail. A man holds onto a line leading up to a crane hook. A man gives hand signals on the deck. Port quarter of the PBR seen. The boat is lifted higher in the air. A crane operator looks towards the PBR as it swings on over the deck. A man controls the crane. Bow view of the PBR nested on the deck of USS Harnett County. A man holds on to guide lines as the boat is lowered further. The crane operator moves the control lever and the controls. The PBR in a large opening on the tank deck area of the ship. Some men in the foreground. A crane hook lifts up and out of the hold.
A Vietnamese bay at sunrise. Rooster crowing. Water buffaloes grazing in farm field. A native Vietnamese bird perched on a plant. Farmer wearing nón lá hat plants rice in rice field. Alarm clock wakes a United States soldier. The soldier pulls away mosquito net and rises from his bed. Soldiers taking cold showers in communal shower room with bamboo walls. Mechanical personnel arrive at an American airbase. A U.S. Air Force fighter jet is parked in airfield. A young mechanic wipes the sweat off his forehead. The mechanics start their work. A horse cart in a street market in South Vietnam. Man pushing a cart of sugar cane, girls walk behind him. Vietnamese natives shopping in busy street. Cars and pedestrians pass by a sentry checkpoint.
Ordnance men and maintenance men prepare aircraft at a United States airbase during the Vietnam War. Ordnance personnel with bombs. A pair of mechanics prepare the propeller of an aircraft. A mechanic speaks about his work in the narration. Mechanics inspecting different aircraft. A soldier wipes his face after washing. Soldiers line up for breakfast. An African American soldier receives food. Forward air controllers inspect Cessna O-1 Bird Dog plane. Vietnamese airborne troops double check their equipment. MATS aircraft with belly door open before Vietnamese airborne troops board aircraft.
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