Allied landings at Anzio, Italy during World War 2. A DUKW ( amphibious tank ) unloads from an LST ( Landing Ship Tank). The DUKW underway at sea and moves towards land. U.S. Army 3rd Division soldiers in a Higgins boat head for a beach. Vehicles and other equipment being unloaded from the LST on a portable dock at Red Beach, south of Anzio. Soldiers of 74h Signal Battalion eat C rations. Equipment comes ashore. The LST in the background.
Allied troops in Anzio, Italy during World War II. A U.S. Army engineer lays down a road way as he hammers a metal piece at a beach. An Allied soldier wears a captured German shirt. He buttons up his shirt. German airplanes bomb the beach resulting in explosions. An American barge burns after the bombings. Smoke rises from the barge.
United States Marines in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Two Marines examine a DUKW (an amphibious truck) named Betty Jane on the beach. Severely damaged DUKW with shrapnel holes on it. Field Howitzer battery in position at the beach. A 2nd Battalion Marine loads shells into the battery. The howitzer being fired. The shell cases spread on the ground and Marines in the gun emplacement in the background.
United States airmen in Corsica, France during World War II. Two officers in bathing suits lying on a beach at Alto Air Base. Airmen leave two puppies in water and they swim ashore. Men sail in an improvised boat. Men in a motorboat as a pilot dives into the sea and is towed by the boat. Airmen in life rafts on the beach. Airmen in a life raft in a river. A pilot in a life raft with a dog. An airman jumps into the water. A pilot sails in an improvised boat. An airmen in a motorboat and a pilot in an improvised boat in the background.
U.S. ships and landing crafts at Normandy beach for the invasion of France during World War II. A USCG (Unites States Coast Guard) 83 footer ship is beached. Bbeached LCs (landing crafts) in the foreground. Halftracks and trucks are unloaded from an LCT (Landing Craft, Tank).
American wounded being evacuated following the invasion of Normandy during World War II. At the Omaha Beach beachhead, U.S. army DUKWs and trucks are gathered. A Jeep, displaying a red cross flag, drives along carrying four wounded soldiers, on stretchers. It moves along the beach, directed by an MP, and joins several others, also carrying wounded. A barrage balloon is seen aloft in the background. Several LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) are seen at the water's edge. Closeup from inside vehicle transporting a wounded, shows LST number 492 with its ramp down, in the background. Troops carry wounded up the ramp of an LST and line their litters up on the deck. Closeup of one wounded, unconscious or asleep. Corpsmen rendering first aid to others. Camera pans over the wounded on the deck. One, who is able to raise himself partly, is given a cup of water. Two, who are sitting, converse, and one shows the other a Nazi German armband he has as a souvenir.
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