Broad view of Allied beachhead, at Omaha Beach, in Normandy, France, during the invasion in World War 2. Numerous supply vessels, offshore, are making use of Mulberry A artificial harbor created from Phoenix caissons and sunken Gooseberry blockships. Vehicles driving ashore from a landing craft. A Coast Guard Officer looks from shore, through binoculars. In a later sequence, stormy seas are seen pounding Mulberry A Harbor. A sailor moves hand-over-hand, above a sunken section, by means of a line, to LCI(L) 492. After the storm, damaged ships are seen. An 83 ft. Coast Guard Cutter (rescue boat) number 20, is beached,along with landing craft , barges, and other vessels.
U.S. aircraft in flight over the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The U.S. Navy F-6F Hellcat aircraft in formation flight. U.S. flag flutters atop a flag pole in the foreground. U.S. Navy TBM Avengers in flight. Rockets fired by the aircraft. The rockets striking the ground. A small ship strafed near the shoreline. Japanese fighters on the ground. Several landing craft circle a transport. A wave of landing craft approach the beach. Landing craft head on to the beach.
The Normandy Landings on D-Day in France during World War II. A U.S. Navy LST (Landing Ship, Tank) with Allied troops at Normandy coast during the invasion of Normandy. Army trucks coming down the ramp of the LST and moving to the beach. Allied soldiers and officers standing beside the LST. Several ships along the coast in the background. An M4 Sherman tank coming down the ramp of the LST. Several M4 Sherman tanks moving on the beach from the LST.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Ships off the coast of Sicily. An LST (Landing ship Tank) burns due to enemy bombing. Smoke envelopes it completely. Wrecked landing crafts at a beach. Vehicles move on the beach in the foreground. Wrecked German railroad guns. The area around Licata harbor. Allied soldiers march ahead into a town.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Smoke rises from the coast of Sicily just before the invasion by American troops. Explosions occur on a beach as aircraft drop 500 and 1000 pound bombs. U.S. support boats with beach barrage rockets head towards the coast of Sicily. Troops aboard the support boats as they head for the coast. Mountains in the background.
Elements of three U.S. Marine Battalions land at Chu Lai in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. M-48 tanks driven off Landing Craft Utility (LCU) onto a beach. Marines on tanks. Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel Mark 5 (LVTP5) is pulled by crane onto the beach.
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