American soldiers walking in front of a jeep. U.S. troops walking past damaged fences and buildings with mountains visible in the distance. Army troops walking next to trees with two jeeps traveling behind marching soldiers. African American soldier driving a Jeep and another Jeep traveling through trees in the background. Troops walking past a building with extensive bombing damage. Soldiers walking amid rubble.
U.S. Army soldiers walking on a road next to rubble and buildings in Querceta, Italy, in World War 2. US army troops walking next to a damaged wall with mountains in the distance. Troops walking near a damaged building. Two Jeeps traveling quickly under power lines, passing soldiers going the other way. Soldiers walking in a line, seen from across a field.
A few M5 Stuart light tanks, some operated by African American soldiers, drive down a dusty road in Querceta, Italy, during World War 2. They move quickly, kicking up dust while smaller vehicles travel the other direction. One tank is stopped on the side of the road. Now looking the other direction on the road, a fourth tank and a small jeep travel past some rubble and a sign saying "Querceta." A larger transport truck passes them coming towards the camera. Next is a closeup shot of the drivers of another tank passing by. Six men, one of them African American, speak in a group in front of an M4 Sherman tank. Two more men sit on top of this tank, surrounded by rubble and taller buildings. U.S. Army troops grouped up move out of the way as a jeep comes into view.
An injured U.S. Marine with an attached plasma bag is carried on a stretcher towards a Douglas R4D transport aircraft, where he is laid down next to other injured and deceased marines. A few closeup shots of his dirty and bruised face are shown, before he is lifted into the R4D. The airplane is then seen taking off.
A Douglas R4D transport aircraft (number 245 seen on fuselage) takes off during World War 2. Jane Kendeigh, the first Navy flight nurse to land in an active Pacific combat zone, and a few U.S. Marines are inside a Douglas R4D airplane in flight, speaking to one another and taking care of injured soldiers that are lying on stretchers and beds throughout the aircraft. Kendeigh is seen next to a few loaves of bread and a plate of meat, making sandwiches. The cockpit of the airplane is shown, with its pilots speaking to one another. An injured Marine on a bed is offered something out of a bowl, and another is seen with his hand on his forehead, presumably sleeping. Finally, a few shots of soldiers sitting and standing throughout the plane, talking amongst themselves.
View of Hitler's famous mountain Eagle’s Nest residence, the Berghof, in the Obersalzberg of the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany. View of the snow covered Berghof as seen below the mountain. Snowcapped Bavarian Alps behind alpine trees. U.S. Army vehicles in front of the Platterhof Gasthaus, known as the General Walker Hotel after World War II, in Obersalzburg, Germany. Some vehicles come and go in front of the Platterhof Gasthaus. 101st Airborne Division soldiers perform a changing the guard ceremony. An officer inspects the troops.
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