Post war snapshots of Eboli, Italy in World War II. Signboard of Eboli is seen. Views of the Monumento Ai Caduti (Piazza della Repubblica, 84025 Eboli SA, Italy). A damaged building and an old woman walking in ruins. Destroyed buildings and people searching in ruins. Women carry water pots on their head walk through ruins. Scenes of wrecked buildings, people walking with their belongings and children sitting with old women in ruins.
U.S. Naval cruiser damaged during World War 2 in Agropoli, Italy. USS Savannah (CL-42) catches fire after it is hit by a German Fritz-X radio-controlled bomb. Smoke rising from USS Savannah. Another warship sailing near the Savannah (USS Hopi or USS Moreno). A motor torpedo sailing away from the damaged cruiser. Various side views of the damaged Savannah. Crew members moving on the deck. Scenes of smoke arising from the gun turret as the warship progresses toward Malta for further aid.
Major General Henry C Pratt, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during World War 2. Two motorcyclists move in front of the caravan of official cars. Major General Henry C Pratt, Lt. General George H Brett and Vice Admiral John H Hoover standing. General Pratt reviews Guard of honor. Lt. General George H Brett, Commanding General of the Caribbean Defense Command, pins the Distinguished Service Medal (Army) medal on General Pratt. Troops march in front of the historic El Morro at Fort Brooke.
British troops sail towards Salerno Beach in Salerno Italy. View of British troops and vehicles aboard a Land Ship Tank (LST). Soldiers observe the other ships in the flotilla from the deck side. Soldiers play cards relax and sit on bags. Several soldiers stand near the edge of the deck area. One soldier sits on a bag and pets a small dog. Army trucks in the background on deck. Soldiers sitting in a line (chow line) eat and afterwards drink from mugs. (World War II period).
British warships sailing towards Salerno Beach in Salerno Italy. Soldiers fire from anti-aircraft guns mounted on the deck sides. View of smoke rising from another ship, soldier talks over radio, and several army trucks parked on the Landing Ship Tank (LST). Troopships, assault boats, and Destroyers visible in the flotilla. Warships heading towards the Salerno harbor. A soldier with a bandaged hand drinks from a bottle. The LST captain looks through binoculars. Text LST-2 written on the bow of the ship. (World War II period).
Salerno Beach in Salerno, Italy during World War II. Views of trucks and British troops on a Landing Ship Tank (LST), men looking from the deck sides. Ship reaches the beach at Salerno. Enemy tracer bullets visible at night. British Supermarine Spitfire aircraft flying overhead. View of the LST2 captain, John P. Horgan, together with Randolph Churchill (Major Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill), son of Winston Churchill. Randolph Churchill observes the action through binoculars while smoking a cigarette and talking to the LST captain. On deck of a ship view of a German Prisoner of War and an American soldier playing chess and several other soldiers, some American and some British, standing by watching. U.S. military guards with German POWs on the beaches at Salerno.
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