The role of United States Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group during Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy in World War II. Airmen of 86th Fighter Bomber Group unload bombs from an aircraft in North Africa. Soldiers place bombs on a trolley. Two soldiers give a bunch of grapes to an officer.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Allied convoy of ships underway in the Mediterranean Sea between Gela and Scoglitti. Landing crafts circle around the ships. A soldier comes down a landing net alongside a ship. Ships anchored off the coast of Sicily. A barge comes alongside a ship.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. An Allied invasion convoy underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Three Allied soldiers in the foreground. An Allied naval fleet at sea and a naval gun in the foreground. A gun crew member looks through a pair of binoculars for enemy aircraft. Landing crafts at sea. Explosions occur on a coast in the far background.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. An Allied invasion convoy underway in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Gela, Sicily. Smoke rises from the coast due to bombardment. Flakes burst in the sky. Ships underway at sea. Smoke rises from a ship after being hit by an enemy aircraft.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Water ambulances come in to a pier. A wounded soldier on a litter is placed in a new ambulance. A medical officer decorates U.S. soldiers with the Purple Hearts ion Palermo. Other soldiers lined up in the background. A dead German soldier on a dirt road. Surgeons perform an operation in artificial lights. The medical officer decorates the soldiers.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. An Allied soldier talks to a wounded lying on a stretcher in Palermo. Wounded soldiers on litters lying side by side along a wall. A nurse attends to a wounded soldier. Soldiers lined up as they get their identification checked by an officer when they move out of a hospital building. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Omar Bradley confers with Major General J. Lawton Collins. Later they are seen seated at a table under a tree discussing plans. A wrecked German Tiger tank of 2./s.Pz.Abt.504 (504th Heavy Tank Battalion) outside 49, Corso Indipendenza, Acate, Sicily.