Lead up to invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. Navy sailors en route. A man shuffles and deals a deck of cards. A man in dungarees and a white hat leans against a locker and talks. A man with a rosary around his neck plays cards A man in a shirt and a white hat also plays cards. A man laughs while playing the cards. Another man laughing in the background.
Turnover of Cherbourg to the French people after liberation from German forces during World War 2. An armored vehicle carrying United States Army soldiers drive through Place de la Republique street. French and American flags are flying from the Cherbourg City Hall (2 Place de la République, 50100 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France). The Mayor of Cherbourg, Paul Renault, delivers a speech at the Cherbourg City Hall. Mayor Paul Renault reads his speech in front of a BBC microphone. Near Mayor Paul Renault are United States Lieutenant General Manton S. Eddy and General J. Lawton Collins. Frenchmen and American soldiers clapping.
Air attack by Allied forces passing over French town of Saint Lo in World War II en route to enemy target. View of a United States bomber flying high over the town of St Lo in France.
United States Ships en route to France during World War I. United States Survivors from the torpedoed USS President Lincoln boarding the U.S. Army Transport Great Northern, at Brest, France. U.S. Naval Officers wearing life jackets chat aboard the ship. A man looks through a pair of binoculars. Men with binoculars hung around their necks talk to each other.
United States 3rd Division, 30th Infantry Regiment marches on road in southern France in vicinity of Aix-en-Provence. Soldiers hold two German prisoners at gunpoint. Group of American Army soldiers marches on French street. (World War II period).
Allied tankers in Port-en-Bessin after the Normandy landings in World War 2. Allied tankers tied up in the wharf of Port-en-Bessin for the newly installed Ship-to-Shore gasoline transfer. Sign says “NO SMOKING”. Men flange flexible hose to outlet valves of a tanker connecting directly to pipelines on shore. A Frenchman gesturing and standing near pipelines. A man turns valve. Gasoline pipelines. Men working on portable units used for pumping 80 octane gasoline via pipelines to inland storage tanks. Pipelines of various sizes from the shore to a forest. A sign says “NO SMOKING” in a forest with pipelines. Storage tanks for gasoline. A storage tank with sandbag fortification. Pumps used for inland storage tanks. Men filling a United States Army tank truck from a storage tank. A United States soldier pushes a lever. Gasoline flows from hose to tank truck. A soldier fills 5-gallon containers with gasoline from an army tank truck. Soldiers load 5-gallon gasoline containers to a truck. A United States soldier fills up a truck with a 5-gallon gasoline jerrycan in France. Gasoline is poured on a truck fuel tank.
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