Returning Heroes Day, June 4, 1945, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during World War II. Officials and soldiers in a celebration arranged in honor of U.S. Army Air Force General Carl Andrew Spaatz, and U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley. The Generals on special guest seats with Pennsylvania Governor, Edward Martin and Philadelphia Mayor, Bernard Samuels. An Army Major General sits with them. Soldiers, in a park, fire artillery gun in salute. Civilians shower ticker tape and confetti from the top of a building. They raise American flags. Army guards line the parade route, standing at parade rest with rifles. Policemen on motorbikes escort motorcade.. The Generals sitting with Governor Martin in an open customized jeep. A military band on a road side plays music. The Generals salute them. Spectators stand at the road sides. They shower ticker tape and confetti on the motorcade of the Generals. As they pass a park, soldiers fire an artillery gun in salute. In the downtown commercial district, banners across the street advertise E bonds. A band plays on the sidewalk as the motorcade passes.
U.S. Generals visit the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force General Carl Andrew Spaatz and U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley visit the Liberty Bell. They touch the bell and smile. Philadelphia Mayor, Bernard Samuels,shows them inscribed names and a crack in the bell. The Generals pose with, an unidentified Major General, for a camera. Military officers, in a reviewing stand, rise to applaud the Generals. The American flag in the background.
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presents an American-made Destroyer Escort ship to France in Washington, United States during World War II. President Roosevelt reaches the navy yard in his open car. The officers salute the President. French Naval officers at the yard ceremony. The President presents the new American-made destroyer escort to the people of France, during the ceremony. The navy sailors on the ship's deck. President Roosevelt gives a speech. The President wishes luck to the French Sengalese. The navy sailors raises their rifles.
U.S. Army IX Corps maneuvers at the desert training center in United States during World War II. A soldier weaves camouflage netting. A U.S. military truck camouflaged by the netting. A U.S. fighter aircraft also camouflaged by the netting. A U.S. tank camouflaged by canvas.
U.S. Army IX Corps maneuvers at the desert training center in United States during World War II. A soldier attaches a message to a carrier pigeon's leg. The soldier opens the door of the cage to release the bird. The carrier pigeon sits on the roof of a military tent.
U.S. Army IX Corps maneuvers at the desert training center in United States during World War II. A hospital flag outside an open tent hospital in a field. A patient taking treatment inside the tent. Rail tank cars on a rail siding. Several gasoline cans stand beside the cars. Soldiers unload the refrigerator car. The soldiers operate the U.S. 75 mm anti-aircraft guns. A U.S. fighter aircraft. In a pan area the gasoline cans being camouflaged by bushes. A ponton bridge. A military truck passes over the bridge. Soldiers guard the bridge with a machine gun.
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