Amphibious operation by U.S. Army 16th Infantry Regiment troops on Eniwetok Atoll in Marshall islands during World War 2. U.S. soldiers hunkered down on steep rocky shore of Eniwetok during the assault. An M4A2 Sherman tank of the U.S. Marines 2d Separate Tank Company, with triangle 1 marking is parked nearby. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT)( hits the beach. An LCV (Landing Craft, Vehicle) approaches the beach and ramp being lowered. An M-7 Priest self-propelled gun exits the LCV. An M4 Sherman tank with diamond 3 marking moves inland. Uprooted palm trees in the foreground. Soldiers relax on the beach. U.S. officers hold a chart as they discuss and plan. Glimpse of an aircraft in flight overhead.
Berea College prepares students for life. Students of the college parade dressed in college uniform. They march according to their departments. They hold various posters. They enter the college auditorium. The college faculty on stage. Students seated in auditorium. A poster reads 'Industries' and ' Commons'. Awards given to the students for new ideas and inventions that helped in the improvement of student labor.
Berea College prepares students for life. Exhibition by students at gymnasium in college. Judges and other people look at the exhibition. A boy of cooking department exhibits the preparation of biscuits. Students watch him. Girls make different design on biscuits with a cone. A girl on kneaded flour makes designs on biscuits. Students exhibit an arranged dining table. They are judged by the judges. Students of laundry department iron clothes and are judged. Student of furniture department makes furniture.
American correspondents in Netherlands to mark 25th anniversary of Allied invasion of Europe in World War II. A steamer underway in a canal. Views in the village of Opijnen, in Gelderland, the Netherlands. A correspondent and his wife come out of a house. American correspondents near a bus. Houses along a road. An American flag at the walled cemetery in Opijnen, beside its 17th century Dutch Reformed Church, where the crew members of an American B-17 bomber from the 323 Squadron of the 91st Bomb Group (H) of the U.S. 8th Army Air Force are buried; shot down July 30, 1943 by the German Luftwaffe. Gravestones bearing the names of American soldiers who lost their lives when their crippled B-17 was shot down, including: Mike Anthony Perrotta, Hermon Daines Poling, Harold Royce Sparks, Robert Urquhart Duggan, Douglas Victor Blackwood, Americo Cianfichi. U.S. Color Guard marches from a town building toward the cemetery. A woman correspondent takes pictures. An American flag flies at half mast. Men, women and children at the cemetery. Dutch children carry flowers in their hands. The mayor of Opijnen speaks into a microphone. He and a woman place flowered wreaths at the graves of dead American soldiers. Two groups of four U.S. Convair F-102 Delta Dagger aircraft fly overhead followed by four F-104 Starfighters of the Royal Netherlands Airforce. Children walk past the graves. Additional propeller aircraft pass overhead honoring the airmen.
Director, actor and producer George Orson Welles interviewed by journalists. He talks about his movies and future broadcasts. He apologizes for his broadcast of 'War of the Worlds' on radio, the prior evening, which caused panic among people.
Capua Cathedral damaged by bombings during World War II. An aged Italian woman enters Capua Cathedral (Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, Piazza Duomo, 9, 81043 Capua CE, Italy), places flowers at altar and speaks to chaplain. Hole in church ceiling. Holy statue (likely St. Joseph with child Jesus). United States Army Catholic chaplain celebrates mass. Soldiers kneel in prayers. View of the holy crucifix. Silhouette of congregation against large hole inside of wall. United States soldiers filing out of church.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.