Dwight D. Eisenhower cooking pancakes on a stove and then pouring coffee for guests at Byers Peak Ranch in Fraser, Colorado while on vacation. Owned by a friend, is was also called his 'Cold War retreat' ranch. The guests are likely curious press, encouraged to visit so that the public would see his holidays as "working vacations." Major John Eisenhower, the son of Ike Eisenhower, leaves for Korea to serve in the United States Army during the Korean War. John Eisenhower kissing his mother, Mamie. Mamie Eisenhower and a grandparent, probably his grandmother Elivera Doud, wave goodbye. Eisenhower speaks while seated at a table, saying, "A soldier learns as a nation must learn that integrity backed by strength is the only sure way to lasting peace. Our country's destiny, to my mind, is to serve mankind through leadership in the arts of peace. If we believe in our own system, if we allow no taint of false doctrine to confuse it, if we practice what we preach, if we provide upright leadership, we can help to show the world the folly of war. With all the strength I can command and the devotion I hold for my country, I pledge myself to this objective."
World War II propaganda on the necessity for an Italo-German alliance. Map of Italy and Europe depicting the growth of the Roman Empire. Classical statues of famous emperors and figures from the Roman Empire. Roman era stone carving depicts sailors on a boat. Map depicts the line between the Roman Empire and barbarians. Bas relief depicts Roman soldiers engaging in battle with barbarians and barbarians looting items during a siege. Ruins of Roman architecture in present day Cologne, Germany. Stone carving of the Capitoline wolf nursing Romulus and Remus. Animated map shows Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Christian cross shines over the Roman Colosseum. Stone carving of barbarians taking over the former Roman empire. The Mausoleum of Theodoric (Mausoleo di Teodorico, Via delle Industrie, 14, 48122 Ravenna RA, Italy) in Ravenna, Italy. Mosaic art found at the Basilica of San Vitale (Via San Vitale, 17, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy). A scroll from the Early Middle Ages.
A Douglas AC-47 Spooky Gunship parked at Pleiku Air Base during the Vietnam War. The mascot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron, a ghost, as the nose art of the aircraft. The word “Spooky” is written on the ghost. Side view of the Douglas AC-47 (also nicknamed "Puff, the Magic Dragon"). The AC-47 displays three M134 Minigun Gatling type machine guns. Closeup view of the machine guns projecting from windows of the gunship. View of the Douglas AC-47 nose and cockpit.
A pilot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron inspects a Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship in Pleiku Air Base during the Vietnam War. The pilot, 1st Lieutenant Lyle A. Sproul, walks to the gunship. The nose art of the aircraft depicts the ghost mascot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron. The pilot touches the propeller on the plane’s left wing. 1st Lieutenant Sproul inspects the undercarriage of the aircraft. Lieutenant Sproul looking up. The pilot walks away after the inspection is done.
Flight crew of the 4th Special Operations Squadron inspects Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship at Pleiku Air Base during the Vietnam War. Flight mechanic Charles A. Ragan climbs on to the wing of the Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship. Ragan inspects the aircraft’s engine. The nose art of the aircraft depicts the ghost mascot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron. Close up view of flight mechanic while inspecting motors from wing. He climbs down from the aircraft wing and walks away. Ragan inspects the wing motors while holding a check list. Ragan shows the check list for inspecting wing motors. Man turns film slate upside down. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain takes off from the runway.
Civilians walking outside the Shah of Iran's palace, an Art Deco building in Tehran, Iran during World War II. This building purportedly stood at Sardar Sangi Square (at the intersection of Kakh and Pastor.) A soldier stands guard at the gate entrance of the building. The soldier stands beside a sentry house. A male attendant in uniform mopping puddle at the gate. A sculpture above the gate depicts a crown flanked by two lions. Some pedestrian women are dressed in Western attires. Other women wear head coverings. View through the open gate shows a circular drive around a garden and a large building behind it. Two military officers walk out the gate. One wears a steel helmet. They pass the guard standing by his booth. Closer view of Iranian guard standing with a bayonet. Iranian attendant in uniform standing. A soldier walks past a modern building.
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