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Major General Richard Gale addresses troops as they prepare for D-Day (WW2)
British Major General Richard N. Gale gives a final message to airborne troops at the headquarters of the British Sixth Airborne Division in Harwell, England a day before D-Day in World War II. The airborne troops raise their berets. A British pathfinder officer briefs his men. He points to a map. The soldiers huddle together to discuss plans. Airborne troops receive supplies and food rations in cans. The troops also receive their salaries in French Francs. A box labeled “Invasion Currency France” and French Francs on the table. A hand counts French Franc bills. A pair of hands hold French Francs currency. The soldiers inspect their French Francs. British soldiers paint white star identification bands on field equipment. A soldier tests a radio set. A group of soldiers inspect shrapnel mines, small alarms, and ammunition. A soldier inspects a Bren machine gun. Another soldier inspects a pistol. A soldier locks a submachine gun. Trooper sharpen a knife. Soldier puts bullets into his Ammunition pouch. Troops break camp and depart for glider and airborne carrier bases at dusk. They synchronize their wrist watches. The soldiers load their supplies on the back of trucks. Trucks with troops drive away.
British troops prepare landing craft before D-Day (WW2)
Major-General Thomas Gordon Rennie, Commander of the British Third Division, inspects landing craft preparations on the Solent strait at Gosport, England. Soldiers, vehicles, and supplies crowd on landing craft deck. A tank parks on landing craft deck. LCTs, destroyers, and other vessels anchored a day before D-Day. Barrage balloons flying above the ships. A crewman signals using flag semaphore above the deck. Camera moves to deck where soldiers are seen resting, playing card games, smoking, sleeping, beside vehicles as they wait for departure. A soldier reads a France guidebook. British soldiers reading books and eating and drinking. Some British troops sleep and chat under trucks.
United States infantry march to landing barges; Allied convoy English Channel on D-Day (WW2)
United States Army infantry troops march to landing barges in England the day before D-Day in World War II. The troops march past a bus stop and board a landing barge. The landing barge sails away. A convoy of vessels set out for the rendezvous. Allied ships sail in the English Channel, with barrage balloons flying above in the background.
President Truman reviews troops of U.S. 2nd Armored Division, enroute to Berlin for Potsdam Conference
July 16, 1945, with President Truman and his party enroute to Berlin Germany, prior to the "Big Three" conference at Potsdam. President Harry S. Truman is seated in right rear of open car. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes sits next to him in the center, and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Personal Chief of Staff to the President, is in the left rear seat. U.S. Army Brigadier. An Army Major General stands beside the car speaking to the occupants. Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan (wearing sun glasses), long time friend and aide to the President, steps close to the car. Scene shifts to the President and his party, standing in a moving vehicle, as they review troops of the 2nd Armored Division, standing in front of their tanks, M10 Tank Destroyers, and other armored vehicles. The President and Secretary Byrnes remove their hats and hold them over their hearts,while military officers render hand salutes as they pass the colors. Views from vehicle passing the formation.View from ground of Presidential party at attention with flag of the 17th Battalion displayed. A Lieutenant from the 17th Armored Engineer Battalion reads a citation and Brigadier General John Howell Collier, Commander, 2nd Armored Division, unfurls unit citation ribbon, that President Truman then ties to the Guidon of Company E, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion. As President Truman reportedly described the event in his diary: "We reviewed the Second Armored Division and tied a citation on the guidon of Company E, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion. General Collier, who seemed to know his stuff, put us in a reconnaissance car built with side seats and no top, just like a hoodlum wagon minus the top on a fire truck, with seats and no hose, and we drove slowly down a mile and a half of good soldiers and some millions of dollars' worth of equipment -- which had amply paid its way to Berlin." (World War II period).
United States 2nd Field Force change of command ceremony at Long Binh, Vietnam.
A change of command at 2nd Field Force Artillery Headquarters at Long Binh, Vietnam. A U.S. 2nd Field Force soldier poses. A sign reads 'Headquarters II Field Force Vietnam Artillery'. Soldiers walk around outside the headquarters. Unit flags at the headquarters. Passing of colors to the new commander. Troops lined up on a field. Brigadier General Leo D. Kinnard speaks to the troops. Brigadier General Francis J. Roberts addresses troops. Lieutenant General Julian J. Ewell shakes hands with both of the brigadier generals. (Vietnam War period).
101st Airborne Division troops amuse themselves aboard Landing Crafts on the South England coast before D-Day Invasion, World War 2
War Correpondents covering D-Day Invasion preparations in World War II. The correspondents along with U.S. 101st Airborne Division troops aboard Landing Crafts on the South England coast. Units of the Division on board a craft. A soldier stands up and addresses the troops, imitating Hitler. Soldiers seated and standing aboard the craft.
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