Home movies shot by Lieutenant Daniel Karp during his service in the Air Force in the Korean War. Karp was mainly stationed in Japan, but this film includes Korea. This film shows the activities of 315th Air Division, Combat Cargo Detachment No. 2, 6127th Air Terminal Group, Ashiya Air Base, Japan. Then it moves to Pusan East Air Base Passenger Terminal, Korea. Scenes of daily life in Korea are included.
Home movies shot by Lieutenant Daniel Karp during his service in the Air Force in the Korean War. Karp was mainly stationed in Japan. This film shows the activities of the 483rd Troop Carrier Wing, 314 Troop Carrier Group M, stationed out of Ashiya, Japan. It is dedicated to the men who gave their lives flying the Korean Airlift. Footage shows a briefing followed by airmen readying their planes and taking off. Also shows aerial shots of planes in flight and interiors of planes while in flight. Soldiers lined up to parachute out of the plane.
Home movies shot by Lieutenant Daniel Karp during his service in the Air Force in the Korean War. Portions shot in color and black and white. Karp was mainly stationed in Japan. This film shows activities primarily around Ashiya, Japan. It includes the following people: Captain Sleppy (Karp's roommate); Pappy Anglan (played a role in JAG); Susan Merritt (wife of Karp's Chief Master Sergeant, Steve Merritt, who also appears later); Major Bowers and Mrs.
President Harry S. Truman and Eleanor Pool Arnold share smiles next to a plaque during the dedication of Arnold Engineering Development Center near Tullahoma, Tennessee. The AEDC was named for General Henry "Hap" Arnold, the first General of the Air Force, and is a facility with wind tunnels dedicated to testing air and space technology. [This photo is from an album of images detailing the accomplishments of the first 20 years of the AEDC, sent to former president Truman by General Jessup D. Lowe.]
President Harry S. Truman's remarks in New York City at the Dedication of Idlewild International Airport. The President spoke at 2:30 p.m. from a stand in the center of the airfield. In his opening words he referred to Grover A. Whalen, Chairman of the Mayor's Committee for Greater New York City's Golden Anniversary, Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York, William O'Dwyer, Mayor of New York City, and Howard S. Cullman, Chairman of the Port of New York Authority. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast.