A crashed U.S. Army Stinson L-5 Sentinel airplane, serial number 42-98969, upside down on a field in Italy, during World War 2. Pilot lying on ground checks his hand. Soldiers around flipped plane. The inverted plane is righted and set on its landing gear by soldiers using ropes. (Note: Opening slate, naming Lt. Montagne, refers to Lt. Ed Montagne, 196th Signal Photo Co, .who reportedly went on to produce the TV Series McHale's Navy during the 1960s.)
Evacuation of U.S. soldier casualties from Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, in World War 2. A injured soldier carried on a stretcher from a field ambulance and placed into a Stinson L-5B Sentinel aircraft flown by the 163rd Liaison Squadron. Several casualties and L-5B aircraft.
LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) heads toward beach. Flak in sky and smoke rises from island in the background. Battleship fires intermittently. Tail section of LVTR (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Retriever) underway. LVT loaded with marines, underway through rough water. LVT headed toward island. Machine gun muzzle on LVT. Winch on deck of ship. Small craft comes alongside ship. Winch turning and cable coming off it. Men handle lines. Man operates winch while sitting on control box. LVT hoisted out of hold on AP (Hull Code for Transport Support Ships). LVT lowered over side. AP, LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized), and LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) in water. Marines and Navy personnel watch from ship. Aircraft in sky. Anti-tank lowered into LCVP. Men in LCVP handle lines for loading. Men in AP watch the loading. Jeep hoisted from hold of AP. Sign in jeep reads '5-2'. LCM and LCVP in water. AP at anchor in the far background. Lookouts on mainmast of AP. American flag flies from mast. Small craft in water, men sit on small boat that is hanging from hook in the foreground. (World War II period).
Large explosions on Japanese-held Pacific island in World War 2 as U.S. planes drop bombs. Bombs explode on island. Clouds of smoke arise from explosions. Small bulldozer pushes up sand along water's edge of Tarawa Island. Two marines watch bulldozer. LST-482 (Landing Ship, Tank) in the background. LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel), jungle camouflaged alongside LST-482. Bulldozer exits from LST. Bulldozer pushes sand between shore and ramp of waiting LCT-350 (Landing Craft, Tank), which is loaded with heavy equipment. Jeeps and equipment being off loaded from LCT-350.
Tet Offensive scenes from the Vietnam War. V-100 armored commando car moves followed by U.S. soldiers. It enters into a narrow street., where it stops and U.S. soldiers pause by a wrecked 2 and a half ton truck. Fallen American soldiers on the ground. Smoke rises up from fire in the background. Dead and wounded are pulled out from the truck. Wounded are given first aid, placed on litters and carried to ambulance. M-113 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) is seen.
U.S. soldiers remove dead Vietcong from alley. Dead Vietcong and a wrecked building. Helmets of dead MPs (Military Police) and soldiers on the ground. Dead Americans on litters in alley. Soldiers question suspect alongside dead MP. Army Medical Service van. Wrecked 2-12 ton truck, ambulance in the background. (Vietnam War period).
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