Airlift Vietnam, “American Airlines”, “1967”, Eastman Color? Pink Fade, compilation of war footage from Vietnam, “Bob Considine Reports AIRLIFT: VIET NAM”
Made during the Vietnam War, this report by Bob Considine entitled AIRLIFT: VIET NAM was sponsored by American Airlines as a public service. The film features combat airlift operations involving cargo aircraft and helicopters and the lifeline of supply provided in part by American civil aviation operators such as American Airlines, which flew the 707 to Vietnam on a routine basis. The film features the Military Airlift Command HQ at Scott Air Force Base and Howell Marion Estes Jr. (or Howell Marion Estes II) (September 18, 1914 – July 2, 2007). Estes was a general in the United States Air Force and commander of the Military Air Transport Service, later renamed the Military Airlift Command.
Robert Bernard Considine, known as Bob Considine (November 4, 1906 – September 25, 1975), was an American journalist, author, and commentator. He is best known as the co-author of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo and The Babe Ruth Story.
Interestingly, on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 American Airlines and the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration, a Congressionally authorized division of the Department of Defense, recognized more than 1,300 American Airlines employees, retirees and family members who served during the Vietnam War period (1955-1975).
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