Soldiers of the U.S. 34th Infantry Division, 442nd Infantry Regiment (comprising soldiers of Japanese ancestry) march single file along a dirt road in Italy, during the Rome-Arno campaign of World War 2. The road is tree-lined and several hay stacks and a large building are seen close to the road. Three of the soldiers take up positions in deep grass. One is armed with a Thompson M1A1 Submachine Gun, and another holds a heavier weapon. The troops take a break in shade of the trees along the road. Closeup of one soldier. Several others converse in a group. One soldier "hits the dirt" in a roadside ditch and then crawls while hidden and fires across the road. He jumps back into deeper foliage.
U.S. soldiers of Japanese ancestry, in the 442nd Infantry Regiment, 34th Division, are seen in a wooded area of Italy, during World War 2. A patrol party receives instructions. Staged for the camera, the Soldiers scout through the woods in search of enemy snipers near Pisa. Soldiers on the alert. Soldiers aim their rifles, run through woods, take cover, and get up and advance.
U.S. corpsmen at 3rd Battalion Aid station attend to a wounded soldier of the 34th Infantry Division's 442nd Regimental Combat Team (comprising U.S. soldiers of Japanese ancestry) in the Italian Rome-Arno Campaign during World War 2. They carry him from a jeep into a field hospital, where they check an information tag on his uniform. View of his bandaged left foot. Medics attend another wounded solder and bandage his wrist before moving him on his stretcher into the building. Two corpsmen lift a wounded soldier, in sitting position, into a field ambulance, which then drives away. (Note: the opening slate refers to Lt. Frank Morang, 196th Signal Photo Company, who reportedly received a field commission for his outstanding work in the North African, Sicilian and Italian Campaigns.)
American soldiers of a Field Artillery Battalion in the 92nd Infantry Division (Colored), "Buffalo Soldiers," are seen at their 8-inch howitzer emplacement, among trees near Mantes-Gassicourt, France during World War 2. Their M4 high speed tractor is parked nearby and two soldiers unload 8-inch shells from it. One hands them to the other who uses his feet to roll them off the back of the tractor where they fall to the ground, which is covered in straw grass cuttings. Other soldiers roll the heavy shells away. Next, gun crew members are seen relaxing around their gun, which is hard to see against the foliage behind. The crew commander, an Army Captain, is seated on the ground reviewing documents, while a young soldier digs into the turf with a long-handled shovel. A number of 8-inch shells is arrayed on the ground. Closeup of the soldier digging with the shovel. View of other gun crew members relaxing, including some playing cards. Closeup of some card players. (Note: This gun crew is likely from the 795th or the 999th Field Artillery Battalion)
United States Army Field Artillery Battalion of 92nd Infantry Division (Colored), "Buffalo Soldiers," equipped with tractor-drawn 8-inch Howitzers, in Mantes-Gassicourt, France during World War 2. African American soldiers of fire control group observe town below, from vantage point on overlooking hill. One of them looks through a periscopic binocular telescope. Others look through ordinary binoculars. Closeup of a Master Sergeant looking through binoculars. Camera pans across the valley, town, and agricultural fields below. Camera focuses briefly on Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Mantes (Notre Dame de Mantes) in Mantes-la-Jolie and then shifts to battery of 8 inch howitzers firing from camouflaged positions in foliage. Gun crews step away as each howitzer fires, and then rush back to reload and fire again. (Note: These batteries are likely from the 795th or the 999th Field Artillery Battalion)
United States 92nd Infantry Division consisting of African American soldiers in Latignano, in the Comune of Cascina (Pisa) Italy during World War 2. A U.S. Army Captain of the Division briefs members of a patrol, using a pointer to highlight places on a field map. A Lieutenant, smoking a cigarette, and several other soldiers listen to him. The map is an aerial photograph, detailed down to individual small houses. The Captain unfolds two more photographs showing blow-ups of certain places. After discussing the photographs, the Captain stands up, places a rifle on the ground as a reference, and then places pebbles on the map and uses his pointer to describe locations of units, and other information relevant to the mission, as patrol members listen. (Note: reportedly, most of the map represents the Commune of Vicopisano (PI) at North of Arno.)
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