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War correspondents gather in South England preparing to head to France, immediately before D-Day invasion in World War II.
War correspondents gathered in England, awaiting D-Day and preparing to enter France after the upcoming D-Day invasion in World War 2. War correspondents and soldiers at a camp on the South Coast of England. Jeeps, tents and men near baggage. Various correspondents meet up with each other. A correspondent walks amidst rows of tents with an officer. An officer gives a correspondent a shovel to defend himself. Correspondent Larry LeSueur smokes a cigarette. Various correspondents including Jack Thompson of the Chicago Tribune, Scripps-Howard Newspapers' Ernie Pyle, Associated Press' Larry O'Riley and Wharton Becker. They bid farewell to each other. A correspondent wearing a leather jacket with "War Correpondent" labeled epaulets on the shoulders. Clark Lee of INS and Chicago Daily News' William Stoneman next to a trailer attached to a military jeep. The war correspondents climb into a military truck. The truck passes through small British towns. People shop for vegetables in a crowded market place or a British town. Destroyed buildings in the town of Plymouth seen as the correspondents exit the rear of the Army vehicles.
President Truman and his party at RAF Station Harrowbeer near Plymouth, England during World War II.
United States President Harry S. Truman, and his party, make unplanned stop at RAF Station Harrowbeer during return from the last 4-Power meeting of World War 2, held at Berlin in July, 1945. (Their planned destination, RAF Station St Mawgan, was fogged in. So the President instructed his pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Henry T. Myers, to land at Harrowbeer, when they saw it was clear.) Truman descends steps from the Presidential Airplane (Douglas VC-54C named the "Sacred Cow," used by Presidents Roosevelt, and Truman). Two other C-54 aircraft have also arrived (unseen). One carried Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, who poses with the President and three members of the British WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) identified as: Section Officer Eira Buckland Jones, Corporal Clarice Turner, and Leading Aircraft Woman Audley Bartlett. Views from inside car taking members of Presidential party to Plymouth Harbor. Groups of local people wave as the car passes through the English countryside. Larger numbers of spectators line the streets of the city of Plymouth. View of Plymouth Harbor from launch taking members of President's party out to the USS Augusta, anchored in Plymouth Sound (not seen).
Allied soldiers rescued from invasion boats sunk on D-Day, are brought to England in World War II
The HMS Nightingale, a British Mining Tender, flying the Royal Naval Ensign, approaches a pier in Plymouth England. Several Royal Navy officers and sailors are aboard along with several Allied soldiers who were rescued after their ships were sunk in the English Channel during the D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War II. Most of the rescued soldiers appear relatively unhurt. However, some are wounded and others, more seriously injured, are carried off the boat on stretchers, by British sailors. All proceed up a gangway to a processing center. (Note: The soldier seen at the 2-minute mark, fiddling with his gloves, is Private 1st class Paul Knor of E company, U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion, whose boat was sunk while headed for Pointe Du Hoc. He rejoined his Battalion, soon afterwards.)
USS Bayfield (APA-33) loading equipment and troops during preparations for the invasion of Normandy during World War 2.
USS Bayfield (APA-33) anchored off Plymouth England to load troops and equipment of the 8th Infantry Regiment (U.S. 4th Infantry Division) and the 87th Chemical Battalion. Cargo net being lowered into a Higgins Boat, LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) alongside. Crew on the boat secure cargo in net. Several crew aboard the ship look over the rail of the ship. The cargo net being hoisted aboard the ship. Another Higgins boat arriving filled with combat troops. U.S. sailors remove the cargo net and unload two wheeled carts holding ordnance. One of the ship's landing craft can be seen on deck, bearing the number PA33-25. Crewmen work on cargo nets. One uses a wooden taper pin. Ttroops of the 87th Chemical Battalion begin boarding, carrying their special equipment. Coast Guard officer on deck . Several British vessels are seen in the water. Low hills in background.
U.S. Navy Curtiss NC-4 flying boat taxis on the Tagus River for take off to Plymouth, England from Lisbon, Portugal.
U.S. Navy NC-4 flying boat in flight to Plymouth from Lisbon, Portugal. United States Navy Curtiss NC-4 flying boat taxis on the Tagus River for take off to Plymouth, England from Lisbon, Portugal. Lieutenant Commander Albert Cushing Read fly the NC-4. Men help in towing NC-4. Buildings in the background.
Nancy Witcher Astor poses in London, England as she gets the Parliament support to prohibit liquor for minors.
View of Nancy Witcher Astor, (Viscountess Astor), the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament, in London, England. Nancy Astor, an advocate of prohibition, poses as she gets the Parliament support to prohibit liquor for minors. Officials in the background. View of a bridge overlooking a body of water, with a hillside in the background; possibly Plymouth on the Plymouth Sound, which Lady Astor represented. Two British navy warships decorated with bunting. A motorboat in the foreground.
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