Use of Norden bombsight by United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Shows Norden bomb sight being unloaded from an aircraft. U.S. planes in flight. A bombardier at a bombsight aboard a U.S. bomber plane. U.S. pilots being briefed in England. Bombs are loaded on planes. United States Army Air Force B-24J Liberator bomber planes in flight. The bombardier at a bombsight aboard a USAAF B-17G Flying Fortress bomber plane. B-24Js under attack by German Messerschmitt planes. Bombs are released from a plane. The bombs explode over targets on the ground.
Gasoline supply for the United States Army near Bad Nauhein, Germany during World War II. Huge stacks of five gallon tins and equipment for gasoline supplies in the area. Jerry Cans are filled by Italian prisoners. A United States soldier puts an end of a hose into a tank. Fuel trucks parked in the foreground.
Neighbors build a home for United States World War II hero and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Eugene Atkins, in the United States. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson presents land and the home to the war hero. Atkins, a U.S. Army Private and war hero during service in the Philippines, shakes hands with Anderson. Atkins walks with his wife into the house. An plaque on the wall of the house commemorating the gift. Atkins and his neighbors eating during a country barbecue in Campobello South Carolina near Spartanburg, South Carolina.
United States soldiers in Germany during World War II. United States GIs pick up gasoline cans from a stack. They load gasoline cans onto U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft. Crew members aboard place them in a line.
Activities of 8th Fighter Air Force Command in Germany during World War II. United States aircraft in flight. They target transportation system in Germany and destroy rail tracks and roads. An explosion on a German train on a railroad. Burning freight trains. U.S. airplanes drop bombs on German vessels in a canal. A German flag tower, radio and radar bases, trucks carrying ammunition and supplies are destroyed by United States aircraft.
United States Tank Battalion arrives on Red Beach in Okinawa during Battle of Okinawa. Amphibious tanks in water. The tanks arrive on Red Beach. A tank with floating gear in water arrives on the beach. United States Marines aboard the tanks. (World War II period).