U.S. Navy convoy in the ocean and a Landing Ship Tank approaching a beach in Sicily, Italy during World War II. The ocean water. Three vessels underway in the ocean. A fleet of vessels underway in the water. The vessels fire salvos. A U.S. Landing Ship Tank during invasion. American soldiers on the deck of the Landing Ship Tank. The ship approaches Licata Beach. Several American soldiers and jeeps on the beach.
Italian T3 Scorpion mine detonator in Sicily, Italy during World War II. The T3 Scorpion mine detonator moves towards a barbed wire fence as smoke rises. Explosions occur and billows of smoke rise up as mines are being detonated on a field. The smoke rises as the mines are detonated.
U.S. soldiers lower and fold up a flag of the Kingdom of Italy, from atop a tower overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, at Cape Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy, 15 km from Messina, during World War 2. They examine a large searchlight mounted on a tracked vehicle. They rotate it. The American soldiers uncover a grass camouflaged listening device (used to locate planes before the invention of the radar). A U.S. Army Sergeant occupies the operator's position and checks its movement controls. Soldiers pull grass camouflaging another large piece of equipment related to artillery (perhaps a type of radar). Scene shifts to view from hills overlooking the waterfront with town and port facilities. An American soldier takes photographs of the scene. Sequence shifts to views from a boat (unseen) moving slowly in the water off the coast. Buildings seen perched on the hillside and summit. Unusually shaped rock formations in the water at base of the cliffs. View from hilltop, of farmland in valley below.
USAAF (United States Army Air Force) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes bomb Sicily, Italy during World War II. Formations of USAAF A-36 Invader dive bombers over Sicily. Aerial views of Sicily.
War damage in Sicily, Italy after bombings done by USAAF (United States Army Air Force) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes during World War II. Anti-aircraft gun emplacement along a damaged harbor. A damaged building with a sign reading 'DUCE'. U.S. Army jeeps drive past a building wall painted with letters 'DUCE'. The Union Jack flies from a building.
War damage in Sicily, Italy after bombings done by USAAF (United States Army Air Force) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes during World War II. Italian boys walk along the debris on a beach. A wrecked airplane on the beach. Men in the wrecked airplane. The Italian boys play in the wrecked airplane and swim.