U.S. Army soldiers arriving in Army trucks, one company at a time, for 24 hours rest on the West band of the Moselle River, after combat on the East bank, during World War 2. The soldiers receive a hot meal, a hot shower and shave,issue of clean clothing, and get to attend a movie.(Poster advertises the film Bathing Beauty, starring Esther Williams and Red Skelton.) The next morning, troops board trucks to return to the front line again. Scene changes to U.S. troops in snow, as winter arrives. Squadron of British Spitfire aircraft seen on snow-covered field as airmen refuel them from hand-carried gas cans. An American Army woman nurse clears snow from military vehicle in Paris. General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Commander of French Army B, consulting with Major General Wade Haislip, Commander of the U.S. XV Corps, during Winter campaign in Vosges Mountains. French forces firing a mortar. British forces entrenched and machine gunner trying to keep warm. Uniformed British women volunteers trying to keep warm in their office bunker. Allied infantry entrenched and moving across a field. American soldiers in the Ardennes forest suddenly find themselves under attack by German artillery and tanks (Battle of the Bulge). Shells exploding near camera position. Camera shakes. Soldiers taking cover and a jeep driving by as an explosion rocks the area immediately behind it in the trees of the forest.
Ruins in a German city near end of World War II. U.S. Army soldier walking on a street with his rifle, passing by two dead German soldiers. Bombed buildings, destruction, and rubble everywhere. Soldier walking slowly through the destruction.. A map highlights Berlin. A drawing depicts Allied troops victory at end of World War 2 in Europe.
Efforts to obtain employment and resettle Japanese-American citizens from Relocation Centers (internment) in the United States, during World War 2. A woman attends a Japanese-American girl in an office. Japanese-American men and women seated. A Japanese-American family at table in front of a map, discussing resettlement with an official. Japanese-Americans, who have found employment, leaving Manzanar relocation center with their families. Friends wave farewell to those who are leaving. At another location, a Japanese-American wife hugs her husband before he leaves to obtain employment so he can resettle his family. Japanese-American men getting on a bus leaving a relocation center.
Protestant churches in cities near war relocation centers (internment camps) sponsor social activities for Japanese-American soldiers from U.S. Army camps, during World War 2. Japanese-American women at a table, greeting Japanese-American soldiers entering a dance sponsored by a church. Japanese-American soldiers socializing and dancing with young women from a nearby relocation center..
U.S. Army Air Force activities during World War 2. An aviation cadet stands. Group of aviation cadets on flight line at an airfield. Animation of groups going through air and ground training. AT-6 Texan training planes in flight. WASPs (Women Air Force Service Pilots or WASP) board AT-6s. Woman in cockpit of a U.S. Army Air Forcs C-47 Skytrain transport plane. Two women in cockpit of a plane towing a gunnery target. WACs (Women's Army Corps) in a control hangar. Woman fuels an aircraft.
U.S. Army Air Forces home front activities in U.S. during World War 2.. Animation shows air crews undergo an operational training. Air crews getting into U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft. U.S. Army Air Forces AT-11 Kansas plane drop bombs. U.S. Army Air Forces P-39 Airacobra fighter planes strafe targets in water. Officer briefs crews. U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 Marauder bomber plane flies low over ground. Pilot looks through gun sight at target. U.S. Army Air Forces A-20 Havoc bomber in flight.
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