A man assembles a fragmentation bomb used by the United States during World War 2. Man assembles bomb by hand. The man unscrews the screw in the bomb body. Man fastens the parachute container over the fragmentation bomb. The adaptor is screwed and tightened. The man puts down the fragmentation bomb. Man uses a screwdriver to tighten bolt to complete rear assembly. Man proceeds to fuze the bomb. Man removes closure plug, inserts and tightens the M104 fuze.
A bomber flying at low altitude. Bomber drops fragmentation bombs in flight. Parachutes delay the descent of fragmentation bombs. Fragmentation bombs fall with parachutes. A man assembles pins on fragmentation bomb. Man loosens a set screw of fragmentation bomb using a screwdriver. The fin assembly is placed into the tail of the bomb body. The fin turns carefully into the bomb body. Man locks the fin and bomb body into place by tightening the set screw.
United States and Allied invasion craft massed in Bizerte harbor in Tunisia before the invasion of Sicily (WWII). Assault troops are boarding invasion boats. Crates of materiel on the boats. Soldiers receive equipment such as lifebelts on board. Tractor pulls sledges carrying materiel. A DUKW (Duck) 2 ½ -ton amphibious truck boards a boat. A halftrack with an anti-aircraft gun reverses to board the craft. Soldiers pushing a 3 ¼-ton trailer to craft. Men boarding a tank landing ship. Allied invasion craft approach Sicily. United States troops seaborne landing in southern Sicily.
United States Army engineers lay down matting on the beach during the Allied landing in Sicily (WWII). A “general purpose vehicle” truck moves away from a docked landing craft, moves over matting. A half-track with a 105 mm howitzer moves out of landing craft. Landing crafts unload military vehicles on the beach. Soldiers on top of a moving tank. Trucks parked on the side of a road. Soldiers and vehicles move on the beach. An infantry landing craft docked on the beach. A damaged craft stuck on the beach. Damaged boats, equipment, debris scattered on the beach. Landing craft tilting on the side. United States troops moving on a beachhead, along with artillery pieces, and vehicles. An Army Jeep moves in front of a landing craft. Amphibious vehicles wading to the shore. Soldiers setting up equipment on the beach. Soldiers form pontoon bridges using boats. A tractor pulls a pontoon to the shore. Troops cross the pontoon bridge into the beach. A truck disembarks from pontoon bridge.
Italian and German forces strike United States landing boats and Liberty Ships with bombs during the Battle of Gela in Sicily (Operation Husky, WWII). Italian forces attack a United States landing boat with bombs. Landing boat on fire, with its deck full of halftrack and personnel carrier vehicles. Half-tracks and other vehicles on boat are on fire. More bombings near the shore of southern Sicily. The SS Robert Rowan, a Liberty Ship and part of the 2nd Armored Division, caught on fire after being hit by three 500 kg German bombs. Thick black smoke covers the burning Liberty Ship. A dramatic explosion and smoke formation from the SS Robert Rowan. Other soldiers view the burning ship.
Bombing of the Woleai Atoll during World War 2 (Pacific Ocean theater). Animated map shows the location of Mariaon Island (presently part of the Federated States of Micronesia). A United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber in flight. Bombs dropping from the bomb bay of B-24. Bombing of islands in the Woleai Atoll. Aerial view of fire and explosions on the Woleai Atoll and islands.
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