Opening scene shows the USS Savannah (CL 42), on 11 September, 1943, after being struck by a German remotely controlled glider bomb released from a high flying German aircraft, She was supporting Allied amphibious operations at Salerno, Italy, in World War 2. Next, after fires were put out and smoke cleared, The disabled Savannah is seen sitting low in the water, making way slowly, among other Naval Task force ships in the background. (She made way to Malta under her own steam for emergency repairs.) Views of the Savannah passing as she heads for Malta. A Fletcher class destroyer fires her naval guns at the shore. Attack transports and other support ships are seen nearby. More views of support ships, including the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26). A barrage balloon seen above the convoy in some scenes. Sailors manning a Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun aboard a U.S. warship. A British Escort Carrier with number 337 on her bow. Sailors with a Oerlikon 20 mm cannon aboard a warship. The British Escort Carrier seen earlier, (with number 337 on her bow) passes the camera ship. Aircraft are seen on her flight deck. A Navy warship firing 40mm Bofors and 5-inch guns as it lays down a smoke screen.
A U.S. invasion force off the shore of Salerno, Italy during World War II. A sun set. A convoy at sea during the sun set. A landing craft nearby.
U.S. troops land in Salerno, Italy during World War II. A destroyer escort and a Patrol Torpedo Boat lay a smoke screen to provide a cover to the convoy. A hospital ship passes through the smoke screen. Smoke pours from the stack of the destroyer escort. A destroyer silhouetted against a setting sun moves in the open sea. A blinker signal is sent from a ship.
U.S. troops land in Salerno, Italy during World War II. A convoy of ships moves towards a beach. A burning cargo vessel. High flames and smoke rise from the burning cargo ship. A large hole at a side of the burning vessel. A fireboat tries to put off the fire on the burning ship. A German aircraft falls in flames through the sky filled with anti-aircraft bursts.
U.S. troops land in Salerno, Italy during World War II. United States Army Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft fly overhead. A supply dump and a road in the foreground. Troops and vehicles move inland past wrecked German equipment.
A U.S. invasion convoy off the coast of Salerno, Italy during World War II. The convoy at sea. Soldiers aboard a Landing Craft Mechanized look towards the bow. The craft is filled with American soldiers. A few landing crafts in water. Men standing on a landing craft. The landing craft moves towards the beach. A boat lay a smoke screen in the background. Tracer shells and 5" anti aircraft guns are fired.
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