United States Army Air Forces operations in Germany during final days of World War 2 in Europe. United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts taxiing on a ramp in front of an open hangar at Fritzlar Air Base. A group of crew chiefs conversing. Trees in the foreground. P-47 takes off. Crewmen pushing a bomb trailer. A crew chief reading the pony edition of the "Times." Mechanics work on jeeps. An airman, followed by a pet dog, climbs steps to a trailer. Enlisted man talking to a Tech Sergeant who leans out window of a building. An L-5 liaison airplane taxis in a parking area. Three U.S. soldiers walking across the perimeter strip. Enlisted men shake hands with pilot of the L-5, who carries a German cavalry sword as a souvenir. They walk into building through door with sign reading: : "Colonel Stecker, Commanding." (Colonel Ray Stecker is Commander, U.S. 365th Fighter Group, of the 84th Fighter Wing.) ground crewman washes down ramp with a hose. P-47 and refueling truck in background.
The U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division at Lake Garda in Italy. Loading and firing of 105 mm howitzer. The howitzer mounted on M-7 motor carriage from stationary position in city square. M-7 howitzer firing. Lake shoreline in the background. Shells hitting the targets. Lake and mountainous region. Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division standing in a tunnel at north end of the lake. (World War II period).
United States Army soldiers in Milan, Italy during World War II. U.S. tanks, Red Cross trucks, and other military vehicles enter Milan. Soldiers aboard the vehicles. Italian civilians cheer. Buildings in the background. Banner hanging over the street reads “W.I. LIBERATORI”.
Ski troops of the U.S. Army 86th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division advance in the snow in Italy during World War II. The patrol's mission is to secure information in the German held sector. A few men ski around a turn in the woods and down slope. A skier comes down slope.
The U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. Heavy vehicular traffic jams the mountain road. Medic jeep transporting litter cases and wounded soldier through the jammed road. Soldiers aboard trucks and jeeps passing on the road.
The U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. A tank destroyer of the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion loaded with troops pushes forward over the dirt road. Enemy shellfire strikes on the ground. Soldiers carrying full packs advance up hill past barbed wire entanglements and across open fields. Medic jeep with litter cases is driven through wooded area.
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