Allied airborne operation in Netherlands during World War II during Operation Market Garden. Map showing the cities of Arnheim, Nijmegen, and Eindhoven in the Netherlands. The 82nd Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Division prepare for a mission in the Netherlands in World War 2. Troops listening. Paratroops board C-47s and fly to their objectives. Glider troops prepare to take off. They board the U.S. Army gliders (Waco CG-4). Waco CG-4 gliders take off and seen in flight. Aerial views of aircraft and ground below. View of gliders landing at Eindhoven. Troops assemble for their initial objectives. Troops hold rifles and pass away on Jeep. Allied troops enter the town of 't Zand on September 18, 1944 as Dutch citizens greet them.
P-47 of the XIX Tactical Air Command in the European Theater of Operations, World War 2. Lieutenant Routon flies the plane. High altitude view of the roads, residential areas and other target areas. 492nd squadron 48th fighter group strafing and bombing the roads. Trees in the background.
U.S. 3rd Battalion 22nd Marines on Okinawa island during World War 2. Two Marines carry elderly woman out of hut and lay her down. They gently lift the aged woman onto door which is used as a stretcher. Woman is carried away. Marines set down stretcher holding two women, one suffering from malnutrition. View of legs of other young woman, whose right leg is bent and cut off at ankle by the Japanese when she refused to fall back with the retreating Japanese soldiers. Cameraman slate at end of clip states "Okinawa: Civilians taken from hiding places - When the Japs told them the oncoming Marines would kill them."
Carpenters of the 302nd Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees) at work constructing shipping containers in the Philippines, during World War 2. One uses a power circular saw. View of a fan placed in a new wooden container. A native being instructed by a Seabee. Stacks of finished containers.
P-51 aircraft of the 33nd Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen) landing on Marsden Matting runway at Ramitelli Airfield, Termoli, Italy, in World War 2. The first two returning aircraft turn left at end of runway and stop with engines running, as their respective crew chiefs climb on their wings and sit there as their aircraft taxi toward their parking area. Red tails seen on aircraft. The remainder of landing P-51s simply turn right at end of runway and proceed to their parking areas. Two runway control teams are seen.
Pilots of the U.S. Army Air Forces 332nd Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen) leave building after a mission briefing,at Ramitelli Airfield, Termoli, Italy during World War 2. A sign outside the building reads; 'Briefing Room'. African American pilots board several jeeps and head to their personal equipment tent, where they check out personal flying gear and parachutes. They proceed to their P-51 aircraft, which are next seen lined up on a taxiway with engines running. The P-51s begin taking off in rapid succession.
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