Coast of Okinawa Islands during the Battle of Okinawa during World War 2. United States Navy LST (or Tank Landing ships) sail off the coast of Okinawa. Camera pans to the hills near the coast of Okinawa. Amphibious LVT vehicles (Landing Vehicle Tracked), loaded with United States troops, are prepared to push forward to the beach. Amphibious LVT vehicles (Landing Vehicle Tracked), loaded with United States troops, line up on Okinawa beach.
Troops receive medical care on the beachheads during the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. Injured and dead soldiers on the beach after German firing ends. United States soldiers carry dead on stretchers against cliff faces. An injured soldier without a shirt being treated for wounds. Soldier holds an IV fluid bag while a medic treats a patient. A United States medic treats a German soldier’s hand wound. Two captured German soldiers sitting on beach.
African American soldiers in Europe during World War 2. A black United States Army soldier climbs down a rope ladder to an LCM boat as other fellow black soldiers on the boat look on. A group of African American soldiers on board LCM. African American soldiers standing on deck of ship overlooking LCM alongside. African American soldiers on board a landing craft mechanized (LCM) heading towards a beach. Soldiers disembark from a LCM on a beach.
Sunset in California, on Pacific shore. Small boats moored in bay. Waves splash on breakwater. View of buildings and road on the shore.
A U.S. delegation visits Normandy, France, 25 years after the Allied invasion of France during World War II. Soldiers and Honor Guard lined up. Military band plays. A cameraman records as a correspondent speaks. Children carrying American flags lined up along a path. Military officers seated in chairs. Civilians stand behind barricades. French officers at the ceremony. A helicopter in flight. A French Breton woman wearing a traditional hat of the Concarneau region. American officials including General Omar Bradley and his wife, along with General J. Lawton Collins. U.S. Ambassador to France Robert Sargent Shriver is also seen. Close views of General Bradley and General Collins seated side by side. British and American flags raised at the ceremony. A sign on a memorial reads 'In memory of our dead 1st Engineer Special Brigade'. A French flag raised. British, American, French and Canadian flags near the memorial at Utah Beach in Normandy. Military Honor guards standing at attention. Two U.S. Army soldiers in a small tank vehicle near the officials. The turret revolves. General Collins assists a soldier in lighting a flame torch. The soldier gets onto the tank. General Collins places flowers at the memorial.
Landing crafts underway to beach at Peleliu Island, Palau. Smoke columns rise from the Island. Aerial view of the Island. Boats burn on surface of water.
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