U.S. soldiers at RAF (Royal Air Force) Saltby airfield, England in World War II. Three soldiers seated on the ground talking. A chaplain comes and gives the soldiers cigarettes and Victory-mail blanks. A soldier seated on the ground writes a Victory-letter. A formation of U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain planes passes overhead. The soldiers are seated and write V-letters. C-47s in flight.
RAF (Royal Air Force) Saltby airfield in England during World War II. The airfield is covered with grounded planes and gliders as seen from an aircraft in flight.
U.S. soldiers at RAF (Royal Air Force) Saltby airfield in England during World War II. The soldiers fold machine gun bullet belts, clean 60mm mortars and sharpen machetes. U.S. paratroopers pack equipment.
U.S. paratroopers at RAF (Royal Air Force) Saltby airfield in England during World War II. The paratroopers play volleyball at the airfield.
Loading of a U.S. LST (Landing Ship, Tank) at Falmouth, England during World War II. An M3 half track pulls a trailer aboard the LST at the dock. An M-8 Light Armored Car moves up the ramp of the LST. U.S. jeeps move along a road.
Landing Ship, Tank No. 532, The USS Chase County, at Polgwidden (AKA Trebah) on the Helford River, near Falmouth, Cornwall, England during World War 2. The LST moves up the river at Trebah. The USS Chase County is seen docked and ready for troops and equipment to embark. (Note: Later this same day, Allied troops and equipment did embark on the USS Chase County for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. However, they spent the next 5 very uncomfortable days afloat in bad weather that actually delayed the operation.)
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