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U.S. Landing Craft, in England, preparing for the Normandy invasion during World War II
U.S.Coast Guard crewmen painting battle star on superstructure of Landing Craft Infantry (Large), LCI(L) number 84, during World War 2, in France. (This craft was already a veteran of North African and Italian campaigns, and is preparing to take part in the Normandy invasion.) Another Guardsman questions whether it will be as good as other stars already painted. Others keep pestering the painter about this and he reassures them all. (View of perfect finished red star.) Landing craft Gunners display the landing craft's Oerlikon 20-millimeter Mk 4 automatic antiaircraft cannon. Views of LCI(L)s numbered 85, 89, 92,90, and 496, all tied together at a port in England. Sailors on LCI(L) 85, at their Oerlikon 20-millimeter cannon. U.S. Navy Union Jack displayed nearby. U.S. Coast Guard officers viewing sky with binoculars.
General Dwight D Eisenhower and General Henri Giraud attend a ceremony at Tomb of Unknown Soldier in North Africa.
Allied officers attend a ceremony at Tomb of Unlnown Soldier in North Africa. U.S. General Dwight D Eisenhower talks to French General Henri Giraud using an interpreter. General Eisenhower, General Giraud and Admiral Jean Louis Darlan observe the ceremony along with other high ranking Allied Army and Naval officers. A soldier salutes. A large crowd watches and applauds the Allied troops as they pass in review. Soldiers with the British Union Jack on the streets. A crowd cheers and applauds the soldiers. (World War II period).
Milwaukee welcomes major league baseball to the city, 1953
Newsreel clip on the Braves, Milwaukee's first Major League Baseball team, arriving in town for the first time. Girls in theme sweaters hold theme bags to welcome the team. Club owner Lou Perini and Mayor Frank Zeidler wait for the team's arrival. Men lay out a red carpet for the team. Men, women, and children wait to receive and welcome the players. The team arrives at the Union Station. Team manager Charlie Grimm and the players get off the train. A large crowd gathered to witness the event. Players in convertibles ride through city streets crammed with tens of thousands of people. Wisconsin Avenue (renamed Braves Drive for the day) flanked by people on either side. Players, in civilian clothes, wave to the crowds. (Note: the Braves had just moved from Boston. They would stay in Milwaukee only 13 years before moving to Atlanta.)
U.S. Marines at the Hungnam pier in North Korea.
5th and 7th Regiments of the U.S. First Marine Division in Hungnam, North Korea. A U.S. Marine sticks his head out of a U.S. tank hatch. The tank moves across the dock area. A Marine holding a rabbit. The rabbit hops around on the crates. Soldiers stand near a tank. A truck loaded with Marines moving along pier. A ship called 'Union Victory' in the background. During evacuation of Hungnam.
Jim Ryun breaks his own world record in the mile at the AAU Championships in Bakersfield, California.
The AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) Outdoor National Track and Field Championships in Bakersfield, California. James Ronald 'Jim' Ryun participates in the 1 mile event. An official in a stand with a sign that reads 'Bulova Photometer'. Officials, coaches and team members inside the track. Spectators in the stadium. Ryun crosses the finish line. He is congratulated by other runners. Photographers take pictures. He breaks his own world record for the mile. He shaves two-tenths of a second for a 3:51.1 performance with a final quarter-mile of 53.5 seconds.
President Dwight D Eisenhower and Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery tour the Gettysburg National Military Park, United States
People wave as President Dwight D Eisenhower and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower arrive to attend Sunday services at Gettysburg Presbyterian Church (208 Baltimore St, Gettysburg, PA 17325, United States). Crowds cheer and wave from behind a fence. Three young girls stand behind a metal fence. President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower descend from the car in front of the church. Sign reads “National Park Service Gettysburg National Military Park Union Battle Line High Water Mark Round Tops US Dept of the Interior”. A large artillery piece. People view the Virginia Monument (a monument with a bronze statue of Robert E. Lee on his horse Traveller and a "bronze group of figures representing the Artillery, Infantry, and Cavalry of the Confederate Army"). President Eisenhower and Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery tour the Gettysburg National Military Park (1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA 17325, United States). President Eisenhower and Marshall Montgomery, in uniform, descend from the plane together. Photographers taking pictures. Later, Marshall Montgomery, in civilian suit, and the President tour the park and visit the Gettysburg National Museum. Sign on building reads 'Battle of Gettysburg on Electrical Map.' View of Gen George Meade's statue in the park. President Eisenhower and the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein view the Virginia Monument together.
