Crew of United States Air Force B-52D Stratofortress aircraft on the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Thailand. Buckets of water on pick up truck. Sign on back of pickup truck reads 'Vietnam 100 Missions B-52D'. B-52D aircraft taxis on the airfield. Crew leaves B-52D aircraft. Airmen put buckets on water on airfield. Airmen toss buckets of water on pilot and crew chief. Crew members greet each other. (Vietnam War period).
President of the United States Gerald R. Ford, Jr awards medals to soldiers of Vietnam War during a ceremony in White House in Washington DC. United States Army soldiers Louis R. Rocco and Jon R. Cavaiani with their families enter a hall in the White House. President of the United States Gerald Ford Jr walks up to the platform to the podium. He addresses the gathering. He talks about the Vietnam War. He talks about the heroism of the U.S. officers and states some of the incidents.
President of the United States Gerald R. Ford, Jr awards medals to soldiers of Vietnam War during a ceremony in White House in Washington DC. Officers and their families enter a hall. President of the United States Gerald Ford, Jr walks up to the platform to the podium. President Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr addresses the gathering. United States Secretary of the Army Howard Hollis Callaway reads the citation while the President awards the officers of Vietnam War. President Ford pins medals of Honor to United States Army soldiers Louis R. Rocco and Jon R. Cavaiani. He greets the family members of the soldiers. The two officers greet each other.
American and South Vietnamese being evacuated from Saigon, by helicopter, during fall of Saigon, at end of Vietnam War. Crew members on the deck of the USS Midway assist those escaping Vietnam. A UH-1D/H Huey helicopter on the deck. Helicopters in flight in the background. A CH-53 helicopter lands and American and South Vietnamese evacuees exit onto the flight deck. They walk along a roped off area and proceed below deck where they are administratively processed.
Fall of Saigon and evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese escaping Vietnam at end of Vietnam War. US Navy crew members seen pushing UH-1D/H Huey helicopters and a CH-47 helicopter over the side of the ship, to make room on the deck for a Cessna O-1 (unseen), with evacuees, seeking to land.
Scenes on flight deck of the USS Midway (CVA-41) during evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese escaping the country during fall of Saigon, at the conclusion of the Vietnam War. A South Vietnamese VNAF Ch-47 Chinook helicopter is seen being moved by a tug boat. Republic of Vietnam flag and letters "GNP" painted on its fuselage. VNAF UH-1D/H Huey helicopters are being moved as close together as possible to make room on the deck. Aerial view of the helicopters parked on the deck.