United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command in the European Theater during World War II. Captain Wilkerson of 62nd Squadron, 56th Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. The United States fighter aircraft strafes aircraft parked on an airfield. Flames and smoke rise up in the sky due to explosions.
Fighter Operations of United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command in European Theater during World War II. Colonel D.S. Shilling of 63rd Squadron, 56th Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. An aerial view of ground targets. The United States fighter aircraft strafes aircraft parked on an airfield. Hangars are strafed. Smoke rises up in the sky due to explosions.
Coast Guard flying officers, in dress blues, pose in front of a Douglas RD "Dolphin" amphibian aircraft, near hangar number 7, at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York, United States.
U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 transport aircraft carrying French General Charles de Gaulle, landing at Washington National Airport. Military honor guard is assembled on the ramp at the Air Transport Command section of the airport. Parked on tarmac are U.S. military aircraft include: B-17; T-6; several C-45s; and a C-46. The C-54, carrying General de Gaulle, taxis in at high speed using inboard engines, alone. Heavy smoke seen behind from locomotive on railroad (hidden behind trees). Potomac River in background. General de Gaulle descends from aircraft followed by several officials, and walks between saluting honor guard, as gun salutes are fired from artillery on airfield in background.(White smoke visible from the field guns.) General de Gaulle, wearing rank of Major General, and French 4-star General,Henri Giraud, salute as band plays national anthem. High-ranking American and French officers mingle and converse, including U.S. Air Force General Hap Arnold, and General George Marshall, who speaks briefly with General de Gaulle. (World War II period).
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge speaks to the reporters on his arrival in Washington D.C., United States. An aircraft lands at the airfield. U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge returns to Washington to end his duties after ten months in the Southeast Asian nation. Henry Cabot Lodge comes out of the aircraft followed by a woman. He is being greeted at the Washington Airport by General Maxwell D Taylor. A large number of reporters wait for Henry Lodge at the airport. Henry Cabot Lodge answers the reporters' questions and gives some straight-forward comments on both Vietnam and his own political position.
Philippines Campaign in Philippines during World War II. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur and other officers deplane in an airfield in Manila. 'VHGHQ' written on the aircraft. The U.S. officials are greeted by Filipino officials. The officials converse. The officials get into a car.
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