War damage in Sicily, Italy after bombings done by USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes during World War II.. Debris at a railroad station. A sign reads 'Taormina Giardini'. A U.S. soldier inspects bullet holes on a locomotive. Wrecked locomotives and debris.
War damage in Sicily, Italy after bombings done by USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes during World War II. Wreckage of Italian ships in a Sicilian harbor.
Removing wounded and dead U.S. sailors from no.3 gun turret of the USS Savannah in Salerno, Italy. An LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) with dead and wounded lying on the deck. A cruiser with dead and wounded U.S. sailors lying on the deck covered with blankets. A Tug (ATF) alongside the USS Savannah (CL-42). The dead are wrapped in blankets. The wounded are removed from gun turret on Savannah which was hit by a German bomb. An entrance to the gun turret. Damage control men with gas masks on, come out. (World War II period).
Removing wounded and dead U.S. sailors from the gun turret of the USS Savannah in Salerno, Italy. Several ships underway at a sea. The USS Savannah with hose laid out around the deck. Men fight fire on the turret which was hit by a German bomb. A sailor removes a blanket from the body of a dead sailor lying on the deck. Men work with dead and wounded on the deck. A wounded sailor on a stretcher is lifted over the side of the ship and is lowered on an LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized). Dead bodies on deck, some covered and some uncovered. Men carry another body in a blanket in background. Superstructure of Savannah. A DD (destroyer) at anchor in the harbor. (World War II period).
Treating wounded U.S. sailors on the deck of the USS Savannah in Salerno, Italy. A Hospital Corpsman gives artificial respiration to a wounded sailor. Several other men help him. A wounded sailor on the deck. A corpsman comes over and loosens his belt, raises his eye lid and looks into his eyes. The turret section where a German bomb was dropped. 20 mm gun crews in background. The hole where bomb went in on top of the turret. A captain wearing a steel helmet. Men play hose on inside of turret. (World War II period).
Several United States aircraft C-47 in flight to Sicily, Italy. Military transport C-47 aircraft in formation over water. Squadron of C-47 flies to Sicily for the Allied Invasion in World War II. Aerial view of land and beach below.