German Army troops arrive in Italy during World War 2. A map of Italy. German armor and mechanized units roll into a port on the Italian Riviera. German troops advance in a town with houses in the background. Naval guns aboard a ship anchored at the coast. The German flag being raised over an Italian ship in a harbor. Italian troops pledge themselves to fight with the Germans. German and Italian soldiers smoke cigarettes.
German troops in Italy during World War 2. A map of Italy. Shells being loaded into an artillery piece and being fired as German troops retreat from Calabria. StuG III Ausf. G and Marder II tank destroyers engage the Allies. Smoke rises due to the firing. German troops retreating from Calabria fight in the streets.
Aftermath of Japanese attack on United States Aircraft Carrier, Franklin (CV-13) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. A wounded sailor lying on the deck as he talks to another man after the Japanese attack on the USS Franklin. United States sailors on the deck of the ship as they salute. They attend a burial at sea. The sailors in white uniforms carry a casket wrapped in the American flag. The sailors with their heads lowered. An honor guard fires three volleys. Officers salute on the deck.
Allied Supreme Commander for the Pacific, General Douglas MacArthur, in Balikpapan, Borneo during World War 2. General MacArthur, Australian Brigadier Sir Ivan Noel Dougherty, Commander of the 21st Infantry Brigade, and other officers inspect Balikpapan. Palm trees in the area. Th inspecting party climbs up a hill. General MacArthur and others look at the smoke rising from a coast in the distance. General MacArthur and others leave the beach in an LVT ( Landing Vehicle Tracked) . Oil refineries on fire at the coast as smoke rises. General MacArthur and others board a cruiser.
George C. Marshall, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, stands on the top step of a wood and woven palm building, headquarters of the U.S. 6th Army, on Goodenough Island, New Guinea, during World War 2. Lieutenant General George C. Kenney, Commander of Allied Air Forces and the U.S. Fifth Air Force, stands with two other officers on the ground in front of the hut. General Douglas MacArthur Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) joins Marshall and poses, standing to his left. General Marshall leaves the building to enter a car. Next, he is seen standing on the ramp of an airfield. MacArthur is also seen briefly, standing next to Marshall. General Marshall converses with Lieutenant General Walter Kreuger, Commander of the Sixth United States Army in the South West Pacific Area, and with General Kenney. General MacArthur and General Kenney, followed by other officers, walk back from a B-17 bomber (General Marshall's airplane) after saying goodbye to General Marshall. General Kreuger remains at the door of Marshall's B-17, bidding Marshall farewell. The B-17 is next seen taking off from the runway.
General Douglas MacArthur (Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area) steps from a B-17 bomber at the airfield on Goodenough Island, New Guinea, during World War 2. He converses with Lieutenant General Walter Kreuger, Commander of the Sixth United States Army in the South West Pacific Area. Next they are seen sitting in a spruced up patrol boat underway in waters not far from the island (seen in background). A line of Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVT-1s) filled with soldiers, is seen moving across a field. On continues past an audience of sailors and soldiers, and enters the waters off the island. It continues, kicking up a wake as it moves through the water. A line of LVT-1s filled with troops, waits to also enter the water.
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