Views of diesel powered bulldozer leveling off sandy field and pierced steel planking (PSP) laid down by U.S. Army workers to quickly build landing strip at Marston Strip, North Carolina, supporting Camp Hoffman airfield (later renamed Camp Mackall in 1943). A C-47D aircraft landing on the new landing strip. This was the first use of the perforated steel planking, nicknamed "Marston Mats" (or sometimes misspelled "Marsden Mats"), which were widely employed by the U.S. Army in World War 2.
Aircrafts YB-49 (Northrop heavy bomber prototype) and P-80 perform aerial maneuvers. YB-49 lands and officials are seen in foreground. YB-49 towed on airfield. Officials look at YB-49. Ground crew refuels YB-49.
View from the air as U.S. aircraft bomb and strafe Japanese planes lined up at an airfield in Okinawa during World War 2.
United States fighter aircraft F4U Corsair comes in for a landing at Kimpo airfield in Korea during Korean War. Mountains in the far background. F4U Corsair taxis. Men at a ground direct it into position. Pilot in cockpit of F4U Corsair unbuckles harness and gets out of plane. Pilot talks to other U.S. Marines. Writing on fuselage of plane reads 'VMF-214'.
Aftermath of Vietcong attack on Camp Holloway assigned to 52nd Aviation Battalion, Army Support Command in Vietnam. Entrance to the Camp Holloway with identifying sign. Camp Holloway airfield. Military men look at damage. Rubble and ashes of a helicopter. U.S. soldiers put M-60 machine gun ammunition into belts. (Vietnam War period).
Aftermath of Vietcong attack on Camp Holloway assigned to 52nd Aviation Battalion, Army Support Command in Vietnam. A sign on a building reads 'Camp Holloway Airfield Operations'. Major General Delk M Oden talks with an unidentified two-star Vietnamese officer and Major General Nguyen Khanh on an airstrip. C-123 taxis to a stop. Commander, U.S. Military Assistance, Vietnam General William C Westmoreland and Mr George Bundy, Special Assistant to President for National Security get off a plane. They talk with Major General Khanh. Great seal of U.S. on the side of the plane. (Vietnam War period).
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