Map points to Allied positions during Battle of the Bulge in World War II. British soldiers walk in a trench on the prong of the attack south of La Roche en Ardenne (La Roche-en-Ardenne or sometimes just Laroche). Trench in the snow covered area. British soldiers wear warm clothes and try to stay warm in the trench. British soldier knocks hole in ice and draws water into a bucket. British soldiers wash and shave with the freezing water. They heat water and use it to make cups of tea. They move on tanks to location where British and American forces meet and greet. The soldiers talk amongst themselves. On 14 January 1945 armored recce cars of the 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry, 51st Highland Division, meet GI's of the 347th Infantry, 87th U.S. Infantry Division, near Ortheuville. The first link up between troops of VIII Corps and British 30 Corps. Another encounter between British soldiers, dressed in white camouflage smocks, with Americans of the 87th U.S. Infantry Division at Champlon. Later that same day. Field Marshal Montgomery wearing a new beret, commands the northern forces. British soldiers advance on a roadway and supplies move on vehicles. Houses in the background. U.S. 3rd Army soldiers shovel snow during a blizzard, clearing the way for trucks with supplies and mail to pass. Large tractors with snow plow attachments clear snow. On January 14, 1945, American forces gently sweep snow from the bodies of American soldiers at Malmedy who had surrendered to the Germans a month prior but were then massacred. (These were mostly U.S. forces of the American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion) German prisoners of war look on apprehensively as the Americans uncover the victims of the Malmedy Massacre. American soldiers look at from a snow covered hillside into the village of Houffalize in Belgium. A twisted sign for Houffalize is seen, and wreckage and destruction in the town. Close views of wrecked and burned homes in Houffalize. Destroyed tanks with one tipped in a river
Interior of a supply building in Vietnam. SK-2 James F. O'Neill talks with a supply officer. The supply officer Trinhlong Hai, ensign in the Vietnamese Navy. They stand by the supply shelves. James F. O'Neill and Trinhlong Hai look over some of the supplies in the shelves. James F. O'Neill holds a small coil in his hands. Two large reels of wire on a hand dolly are being moved along the floor in the supply building. EN-1 Lloyd Roger Bandy talks with Vietnamese Chief EN Tran Hung Hoan. A sailor works with a metal lathe in a shop. A piece of metal being turned on the lathe. Lloyd Roger Bandy talks with the Vietnamese Chief talk in the background. A man grinds a valve. A liquid being poured on the valve while it is being ground. A hole is drilled in the engine block.
Operation Jackstay in Vietnam. A PCF-26 (Patrol Craft Fast or Swift Boat) underway in the Dong Tran River. A man at the controls of the craft. EN2 (Engineman Second Class) Gunter is wounded during a patrol. The chief C.P. Gernigan bandages his wounded arm aboard the craft. EN2 Gunter on a 50 caliber machine gun on the stern. BMC (Chief Boatswain's Mate) on the 50 caliber machine gun. Second crewman stands in the background. He wears a helmet and an armored vest. A machine gun on another craft. A crewman with an M-16 rifle. He stands by the 50 caliber machine gun manned by Chief Boatswain's Mate. (Vietnam War period).
Bombing mission by the 5th Bombardment Group of the U.S. 13th Air Force on Davao in Mindanao, Philippines during World War II. B-24 Liberator bombers en route to Davao. B-24s fly over Fort of Davao. Fire bomb burns on water near Davao. Bombs drop and explode. B-24 formation en route to base at Samar.
A tribute to the passing of British Commanding Officer Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey. Funeral of Sir Bertram Ramsey in Saint-Germain-en-Laye New Communal Cemetery during World War II. Sir Ramsey deliberating plans to invade Sicily with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in North Africa. Sir Ramsey exits a building with United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower before the invasion of Normandy. Sir Ramsey and General Eisenhower talking. Military officials and troops attend the funeral and internment of Sir Bertram Ramsey in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The coffin of Sir Ramsey is draped with the Union Jack flag and is carried on a gun carriage on a snow covered road. General Eisenhower and other Allied generals attend the funeral march. British Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) women stand at attention in the snow. A chaplain leads the funeral service. Troops fire the three-volley salute during the military funeral. Dwight Eisenhower and other generals salute and pay their respects.
Wounded U.S. soldiers evacuated to Tokyo. Special ramp mounted on jeep is moved up to plane for unloading of wounded. Banner on ramp reads '374th Troop Carrier Wing. Hospital Evacuation.' A bus backs up near the ramp. Wounded man on stretcher is taken aboard an ambulance bus. Japanese carry wounded man on stretcher from plane to hospital bus. A soldier with his arm in cast lying on a stretcher in center aisle. Hospital bus en route. Patients on stretchers taken up ramp to receiving ward of the Tokyo General Hospital.
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