A U.S. convoy heads towards Salerno, Italy for its invasion during World War II. A DD (destroyer), an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) and LCs (landing crafts) underway at sea. A LST (Landing Ship Tank) passes. A PT (Patrol Torpedo) boat underway. LCs in the background. APs (transport ships) in the background.
The Fifth United States Army in Salerno, Italy during World War II. Tracers at night. An explosion at night. Fire blazes due to the explosion. Trees in the foreground as the explosion occurs.
The Fifth United States Army in Salerno, Italy during World War II. A bulldozer uproots trees. A grader and a steam roller level the ground for a landing field. Soldiers jump out of a truck. The soldiers with picks work on the landing field strip. A United States Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft lands on the newly constructed field. Soldiers on a side of the strip wave to the pilot of the aircraft as it lands. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning burns after hitting a truck. Soldiers rescue the survivors. Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft land. Smoke from burning aircraft in the background.
The Fifth United States Army in Salerno, Italy during World War II. A freighter in a river burns. Columns of smoke rise. Boats in the river.
The Fifth United States Army in Salerno, Italy during World War II. Freighters at sea. A beach in Salerno. Two Patrol Torpedo Boats pass an invasion fleet. A geyser from a bomb explosion in water. Burning ships which were hit by bombs.
British soldiers in Salerno, Italy during World War II. A truck burns on a road. An explosion occurs under a tank. British soldiers with fixed bayonets and guns at ready run down the road past a burning Mark IV tank. A British infantry company march past wrecked buildings.