Aircraft P-47 flown by Lt. Col. Schilling of 62nd Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, stationed in England, strafes transport trucks on the European Continent, during World War II.
42nd National VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Encampment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during World War II. 50,000 Veterans and their wives present. Veterans parade with flags. Several women perform in the parade. Several handicapped veterans on pavement. Crowd cheers them.
Film opens showing a Captain, Intelligence officer with the U.S 8th Airforce 97th Bombardment Group, debriefing Captain William “Bill” Musselwhite, Commander of the 342nd Bombardment Squadron, about his unit's experience participating in the first Eighth Air Force heavy bomber mission in World War II, attacking the Rouen-Sotteville marshalling yards in France, on August 17, 1942. Referring to a map, he asks Captain Musselwhite where his Squadron dropped their bombs. Musselwhite points out the path of his units aircraft and that his first aircraft overshot the target, but those following dropped "on range," bracketing the target on left and right, with one "stick" of bombs going right down the middle. He mentions one ship straying over the town of Rouen, itself.
United States 302nd infantry, 94th division in the village of Besch in Saarland, Germany during World War II. Three German children waving from a ruined doorway. 748th tank battalion, 94th division pass through Besch with whitewashed M4 Sherman tanks. United States soldiers on top of an M3 half-track painted in white.
United States 302nd infantry, 94th division march late at dusk in Germany during World War II. Soldiers march along a road late winter dusk. The roadside is covered with some snow. Troops pass by a truck that is parked on the side of the road. Soldiers in winter uniforms march beside the road, some of them are smiling. Trucks and Jeeps drive on steep roads. Possibly near Besch.
A Military Police Jeep outfitted with wire catcher (302nd Infantry, 94th Division) drives on a snow-covered road near Bonnal, Luxembourg in Winter during World War II. A snow covered M5 tank and a Jeep cross in the middle of a blizzard. Signalmen check downed wires in deep snow next to a German grave beside highway. A large truck navigates a snow covered road during a snow storm. A United States soldier stumbles against a snow bank during a blizzard. More Jeeps and trucks struggle to drive on a road during a blizzard.
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