African American nurses in England during World War II. African American nurses on deck and lining rail of a ship as it comes to the dock. Brigadier General Benjamin O Davis waves to the nurses. Nurses move down the gangplank. General shakes hands with a medic and welcomes the nurses to England. In his speech Brigadier General Davis notes their status as the first "colored nurses" to arrive, and that he has read in a colored magazine that colored ambulance drivers and colored stretcher carriers have a good reputation for their caring service in the war. He expresses hope that the nurses would live up to the tradition of their profession. African American nurses move down the gangplank across the dock. They walk down the railroad platform by a waiting train. Brigadier General Davis talks to the Captain in charge of the nurses. Red Cross women hand over coffee and doughnuts to the nurses in the train and the train pulls away.
U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower visits United States 35th Infantry Division troops in England during World War 2. General Eisenhower arrives at Exeter St Davids rail road station in the city of Exeter, Devon county, South West England. He gets into a car with a sign above that reads ' Great Western Railway ' General Eisenhower on a podium as he salutes to 320th Regiment troops of United States 35th Infantry. Troops lined up as General Eisenhower, along with General George S. Patton and Major General Paul W. Badde, review the soldiers. Soldiers in formation as General Eisenhower reviews them. (The 320th Regiment were based at Topsham Barracks in Exeter.)
U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower visits United States 35th Infantry Division troops in England during World War II. General Eisenhower speaks to a soldier of United States 35th Infantry Division in England. General Eisenhower along with General George S. Patton reviews firing of filed artillery. 155 mm Howitzers being fired. General Eisenhower speaks to a soldier outside a tent. Eisenhower and General Patton get into a car. General Eisenhower speaks to a soldier.
U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower visits United States 35th Infantry Division troops in England during World War II. Solders of 216th Batallion lined up in a field in england. General Eisenhower reviews the troops. H inspects the men lined up. General Eisenhower speaks to the soldiers.
U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower visits United States 35th Infantry Division troops in England during World War II. Soldiers of United States 35th Infantry Division march during a parade in a field in England. Soldiers carry an American flag as they pass in a review. Soldiers march as spectators look on. General Eisenhower stands on a raised platform as soldiers of 35th Infantry Division gather around it. General speaks into a microphone as he addresses the troops.
U.S. troops descending from a pier, in England to board an LCI (L)- landing craft infantry, Large, during World War 2. Other LCIs are docked along the pier, including LCI -21. Ships and landing craft maneuver off shore from Slapton Sands, Devon, England, where U.S amphibious forces practice for the invasion of Normandy in World War 2. Closeup of troops underway in a Higgins boat landing craft. View from camera ship's deck, of a Transport ship, nearby and of several LCI(L)s in the distance. Closeup of U.S. Landing Craft Tank, LCT(5)-305, passing the camera ship. USS LST-30 and another ship are seen nearby. USS LST-310 is seen with a long floating dock in front of it. Next, the floating dock is turned sideways to her front hatch and soldiers are seen clearly on the dock. U.S. Landing Ship Tank - LCT(5)-305, passes behind. Next, the floating dock is seen moving away from LST-30. A ship, armed with guns, that appears to be numbered US 12F6. Closeup of LCI(L)-87 with Coast Guard Commander Miles Hopkins Imlay, seen on her bridge. (She is the flagship of his command, Flotilla 10.) View from ship beached on Slapton Sands, of Markers set up on the beach and Sign reading: "B." View from ship looking down on the sand where several officers are discussing the exercise. A truck driving out of beached landing ship.