United States lieutenant Colonel J. A. Heintges, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, interrogates two German prisoners captured by American paratroopers in World War II. One of the German prisoners is smiling.
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.
German soldiers firing anti-aircraft artillery at Allied planes, probably during the Invasion of Sicily in World War II. An Allied bomber drops a bomb, causing explosion. A German anti-aircraft gun (likely a 8.8 cm FlaK 36) aims and fires at Allied planes. German soldiers firing at aircraft relentlessly with anti-aircraft gun. A warehouse explodes after a bomb is dropped from an Allied bomber.
United States Army General George S. Patton aboard a command ship in Gela, Sicily, Italy during World War II. General George S. Patton aboard a command ship of Sicilian invasion fleet. An officer aboard the vessel writing. The General looks through binoculars. Other officers aboard the vessel. General Patton walks towards the edge of the ship and climbs down a landing net to an assault barge. The barge with the General and other officers moves towards the beach.
Scenes of destruction at the Messina harbor and ferry terminal, in Sicily, in the aftermath of attacks by bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group in World War 2. Views of destroyed ferry boats. Interior of one ferry, with superstructure beams hanging down, and charts, maps, books, and furniture strewn about and partially underwater. View topside of complete distruction. A sign posted in German warns that photographing of the ferry to and from the port area is strictly prohibited. Destroyed rail cars at the port. Pieces of field artillery mixed with debris. A destroyed ferry slip.