Formation of B-26 bombers overhead. Landing craft move toward shore. Normandy, France. Clutter of ships and vehicles. Barrage balloons overhead. Beach landing scene with United States Army Troops wading ashore past German obstacles on beach. Troops board landing barge. Wading ashore. Off-loading ammunition and supplies from truck. MPs direct traffic ashore. (World War II period)
On or soon after D-Day invasion of Normandy France, a United States LCM ship approaches and hits the coast in Normandy, France as ramp splashes in water. B-26 bombers fly over head. Troops stand in a ship. LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel) or Higgins boat underway in water. It is seen turning around and returning from shore to ship as three men bail out with buckets. A dead man is seen floating in the water. United States Coast Guard rescue boat USCG-59 approaching a ship. Two medical staff work on an injured soldier partially covered in a blanket. (World War II period).
President Harry S. Truman along with members of his cabinet aboard his new yacht Williamsburg at Washington Navy Yard in United States. Among those seen on the yacht are: Secretary of Agriculture, Clinton P. Anderson; Secretary of Commerce, Henry A. Wallace; Secretary of Interior, Harold L. Ickes; Attorney General, Tom C. Clark; and Secretary of Labor, Lewis B. Schwellenbach; In separate segment, Secretary of the Navy, James V. Forrestal, presents Admiral William F.Halsey , who is about to retire, with certificate of promotion to Five Star rank of Fleet Admiral. Witnessing are Chester W. Nimitz, Chief of Naval Operations, and Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. In a third segment, President Truman is seen pinning a medal on Henry Morgenthau, who has just resigned as Secretary of the Treasury. The President also presents and award to another official.
Soldiers of 3rd Brigade of United States 25th Infantry Division walk past burning huts in a village in Vietnam. Women and children are seen in the foreground. One of the U.S. Army soldiers sets a hut on fire. Soldiers rest before moving out. Officer speaks over radio. UH-1B helicopter attacks enemy positions. Soldiers behind an M-48 tank as they cross the field. M-113 moves into position with M-48. (Vietnam War period).
Soldier of 3rd Brigade of United States 25th Infantry Division speaks over radio in Vietnam. Tired and dirty soldiers are seen. Soldiers follow M-48 as they cross a sandy terrain. UH-1B helicopter flies over. Soldiers shoot a water buffalo. Women and children villagers are seen huddled together in a partially destroyed village as U.S. Army soldiers patrol the area. Smoke pouring from a burning hut. Soldiers in a wrecked village as a soldier uses a pistol to shoot a cow. Soldier at 50 caliber machine gun atop M-113. Soldiers and M-48 tanks on the move. (Vietnam War period).
United States B-17 bombers fly in formations in England. American military trucks and tanks pass through an English city with soldiers atop it. British civilians including a woman and young boy watch the procession of tanks headed for mobilization harbors in England, for the D-Day invasion of France in World War II.
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