D-Day operations during Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Allied troops disembark from an LCI ( Landing Craft Infantry) at Normandy beach. A man on a megaphone up on the bridge of a ship. Troops wade through surf to land at the beach. Bullets hit the water around the soldiers as they continue to unload from the LCI. LST ( Landing Ship Tank) -282 at the beach. Vehicles move along the beach. A U.S. Army 6X truck burns on the beach. The LCI ties up to the side of a transport. Allied troops disembark from the transport to the LCI along side. Vehicles off load from the LST to a smaller craft. A barge loaded with supplies heads towards the beach. The troops loaded in the LCU ( Landing Craft Utility) as it nears the beach. An officer talks over a phone next to a jeep. Vehicles leave the LCU into water with a beach in the background. The troops walk over the beach. Amphibious jeeps move through the surf. A 6X truck moves through the surf towards the beach. An amphibious jeep moves over a beach. German prisoners with their hands behind their heads. A barbed wire fence in the foreground. Prisoners duck downwards to escape an air raid.
German prisoners in Normandy, France during World War II. German prisoners being made to march along a road in a wooded area under the guard of 82nd Air Borne Division paratroopers. An American soldier holds a gun and the prisoners stand with their hands behind their heads. American soldiers bring in German prisoners.
Successful endurance flight of U.S. Army Air Corps C-2A aircraft in Los Angeles, California. C-2A Question Mark aircraft on a field with people gathered around it. Crew members of the C-2A aircraft being congratulated by an officer. Major Carl Spaatz smokes and talks to a crew member. Crew members lined up beside the plane and they board a vehicle. C-2A aircraft being towed by a tractor. Crew members of C-2A aircraft stand against the plane including Major Carl Spaatz, Captain Ira Eaker, Captain Halvorsen, Lieutenant Quesada and Sergent Hooe.
Successful endurance flight of U.S. Army Air Corps C-2A aircraft in Los Angles, California. C-2A Question Mark aircraft taxis as it lands at an airfield in California. Crew members get off the plane and being congratulated by fellow pilots. Crew members talk to each other. Crew members including Major Carl Spaatz, Captain Ira Eaker, Lieutenant E.R. Quesada, Lieutenant H.A. Halvorsen, Sergeant R. W. Hooe stand against a plane. A pyramid of empty fuel drums symbolizing the 5,200 gallons of fuel used during the endurance flight of C-2A aircraft. Crew members pose in front of the mounds of gasoline cans.
U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Provisional Wing at an annual training in California, United States. Aerial photo of President Herbert Hoover's residence in California taken by the 15th Photo Section. An aerial photograph of the Cascade Range taken from the vicinity of the Crater Lake National Park by Captain A.W. Stevens. Various peaks in the picture including Mt. Hood, Mount Saint Helens, Mt. Rainier, Diamond Peak.
USS Intrepid (CV-11) aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A battleship and an aircraft carrier fire anti aircraft guns. Flak bursts in the air. Smoke column rises from the aircraft carrier after hit by a Japanese kamikaze. Wreckage of Japanese plane burns on the deck of USS Intrepid. Some is not visible as the planes engine and part of its fuselage penetrated the Intrepid's deck. U.S. Navy crew spray water on the fire with hoses. 8 U.S. Navy sailors were killed and 21 were wounded in the attack.
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