Belgian troops on Kamina airfield in Republic of Congo. U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft behind them, raising dust with engines running. Belgian officers talk with a U.S. Air Force photographer. A U.S. Air Force Captain at flight planning table with several Belgian officers. Supplies being unloaded from C-130 aircraft. A truck moves away from the plane. Belgian Army scout cars drive across ramp and troops get down. U.S. Air Force Colonel Clayton M.Isaacson stands with an Air Force Captain and a photographer as they watch the C-130 commence its takeoff. The C-130 begins takeoff, raising dust. A Belgian soldier, with machine gun watches. The Aircraft makes long takeoff roll and barely clears trees at end of the airstrip.
A U.S. Air Force C-13OE, carrying freed hostages (some dead and injured) from Stanleyville, taxis to parking position near hangar in Leopoldville, Republic of Congo. Ambassador George M. Godley boards the plane as crewmen including Captain Charles Gonzales stand next to the plane. A United States Marine Corps Corporal and an American Army Private First Class stand in the hangar, holding a folded American flag with a priest in background. A covered body being carried off the aircraft and placed near other such bodies, lying on the hangar floor. Refugees get off the plane. A number of other refugees, arrive at the airfield preparing to leave the Congo. Some carry passports.
A CUB airfield under construction by 1398th Engineering Construction Battalion in Okinawa, Japan. A sign reads "163rd Liaison Squadron and 1st Air Depot Unit". Military trucks move on the road with the air field in the background.
A CUB airfield constructed by 1398th Engineer Construction Battalion in Okinawa, Japan. Rows of military trucks parked at the site. Military trucks and jeeps carrying soldiers move away. Some trucks loaded with sand also pull away from the constructed site. (World War II period).
A CUB airfield constructed by 1398th Engineer Construction Battalion in Okinawa, Japan. Row of American air planes at the field. A wind wane shows direction of wind blow. Tents and an American plane at the field. A road roller levels the ground. (World War II period).
View of a man, stepping over railroad tracks as he carries a shovel of rocky earth. A 1940 Ford sedan drives along a road and past the camera. View of several men with shovels on a rail line in a ditch down below the road level. View from the rail line, to ledge above. Men wielding picks and shovels to clear walls of earth and stone and provide greater space along the rail line. Some workers wear bandanas over their faces to protect from the powdery earth. A supervisor standing with them wears a first aid kit on his hip. It is labeled "USNYA." U.S. Army troops in trucks drive along a main street, followed by a large caterpillar tractor, as local citizens watch from the sides of the road. Sign on chain link fence displays Army Air Forces logo and identifies Losey Field. Trucks roll past behind the fence. Men continuing work loading sandy soil into wheel barrows and dumping it to side of the work area. Local young boys, watching the activity, laugh when they realize they are being photographed. License plate on truck, with National Defense sign affixed above it. The truck is filled with young men workers, who climb down and walk along a road, carrying tools over their shoulders. Two of them are seen chopping at the base of an obstacle with picks. Workers walking in and out of airfield gate and trucks driving through, as a flight of three Army Air Forces P-36 aircraft fly overhead
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