P-47 aircraft in flight in Corsica, France during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft in formation flight over Alto Air Base in Corsica. P-47s fly over trees in Italy.
From a 1952 U.S. Army television program titled The Big Picture. U.S. troops in a fox hole in Korea. A U.S. tank carrying many GIs in Germany.US ski troops in Alaska. Amphibious training on beach in Puerto Rico. United States Army Sergeant James Mansfield introduces the story of United States Seventh Army in the Allied Invasion of Southern France, "Operation Dragoon." Army Colonel William Wilson Quinn seated in office, with army rifle on his desk. He refers to the "Blue Badge" which is the Army infantryman's badge. Then he introduces the story of the Seventh United States Army: On 14 August 1944 Bay of Naples is seen as an open air Marshalling area. Barrage balloons float above the area. Large landing ships sit at dock with their front loading doors open. 3rd,45th and 36th division combined into 7th United States Army. Mechanized war equipment being loaded and checked off the loading chart. 7th army soldiers march through streets. Red Cross workers distribute donuts. Soldiers board ships. Ships leave harbor to join convoy. Ships docked at the West Coast of Corsica. Officers meet for conference aboard ship. Men attend last minute details. Some pray. Animated map depicts the route of the advancement by the troops. Port Cros and Levant : French commandos landed on these islands. U.S. B-25 bombers in flight drop bombs. Fighting ships take their positions. Navigators, gunners and signal men alert. Soldiers prepare for fight. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft fly in formation. A B-24 bomber over mountains. B-25s in flight.509th Parachute Infantry Battalion being inspected at airport. Paratroopers get into aircraft. Aircraft taxis and takes off. United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain and C-54 Skymaster military transport aircraft in flight toward Southern France. Paratroopers descend to ground and advance. Gliders land. Soldiers unload and ready artillery. Aerial view of rugged terrain. Ships underway at sea. Officers look through binoculars aboard ship.
Religious services in U.S. Army camps at Alto Air Base in Corsica, France during the Battle of France of World War II. Tents at the air base. Men sitting before a Jewish chaplain in a tent. The Chaplain reads service in front of an altar. Men seated on benches inside the tent. The men read services. A few men reading seated on benches outside the tent. The Jewish chaplain reading service inside the tent and a view of his raiment. Men seated in front of the chaplain.
United States airmen in Corsica, France during World War 2. American pilot gets up and puts on his socks as he sits on a bunk bed. Pilot brushes his teeth and gargles. Another pilot gets ready as he brushes his teeth. A tent in the background. A pilot puts on his pants. Another pilot brushes his teeth. An airman combs his hair.
United States airmen in Corsica, France during World War II. An American pilot brushes his teeth and gargles. Another pilot gets ready as he brushes his teeth. An airman washes and wipes his face. Another pilot in the background combs his hair. A pilot carries a jerry cane. A pilot in a tent. Men look at themselves in a mirror.
United States airmen in Corsica, France during World War II. Lieutenant Colonel Wymond gets up in the morning in a captured Italian General's trailer. Lt. Col. Wymond opens a tap and splashes some water on his face. Lieutenant Colonel Archie Knight smokes a cigar. French and American flags at half mast.
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