U.S. Navy planes land on USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway as part of the task force to launch the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, Japan during World War 2. U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighter plane lands on Enterprise. A Destroyer Escort in the background. U.S. Navy SBD dive bomber plane lands on deck of Enterprise. F4F lands and noses over on deck. SBD receives a wave-off. SBDs and F4Fs lands aboard Enterprise.
Several U.S. Navy planes experience landing mishaps on USS Enterprise (CV-6) while she is underway in the Pacific as part if the Task Force to launch the Dolittle B-25 bombing raid against Tokyo, Japan, during World War 2. Flight deck crew gather around SBD light bomber that fell partway off the side of flight deck. One U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighter goes over the side of deck. Other aircraft going around because of landing mishaps on the deck.
Start of Jimmy Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, Japan, during World War 2. Ship's lookout silhouetted against sun. B-25 taking off from the USS Hornet (CV-8) in overcast weather. Choppy seas. Admiral William F. Halsey in foul-weather gear on bridge. B-25 takes off from the Hornet. Admiral Halsey's face framed by foul-weather gear. Many B-25"s taking off from the Hornet. Army sergeant sending a salute to the planes aloft as Army private (wearing earphones) stands by. Sailor (in peacoat and watch cap) waving goodbye to Doolittle fliers.Two mess attendants waving goodbye and good luck. Two sailors waving goodbye; one carries signal flag.
French awards given to U.S. Generals at U.S. 3rd Army headquarters in Bad Tolz, Germany soon after World War II. U.S. General Lucian Truscott and French General Marie Emile Antoine Bethouart inspect French troops of the 27th Alpine Infantry Division and U.S. 3rd Army, 503rd Military Police Battalion, Company A. General Bethouart speaks before microphone. General Bethouart awards the Legion of Honor and Croix-de-Guerre to Commanding-General of U.S. 79th Infantry Division Brigadier General A. F. Kingman and Commanding-General of U.S. 102nd Infantry Division Major General Frank A Keating.
Destruction of German war factories in Ebenhausen, Germany soon after World War II. U.S. General Lucian Truscott sets off dynamite detonator. U.S. soldiers walk through ruins of the German war plant in a wooded area after the blast.
Destruction of German war factories in Ebenhausen, Germany soon after World War II. U.S. soldiers walk through ruins of German IG Farben war plant in wooded area after the blasting.
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