U.S. soldiers in Tunisia, North Africa. An oasis near El Guetter, Tunisia, North Africa. U.S. soldiers of the 1st Signal Corps take out carrier pigeons from cages. Attach messages and release the birds. The pigeons in flight. A soldier comes out of a tent. (World War II period).
U.S. Army soldiers march towards Allied positions in North Africa during World War II. Formation of U.S. bombers and fighters escort on way to bomb German positions. Soldiers move in the distant background. Desert terrain of El Guetter. A U.S. officer of 53rd Signal Battalion paints a sign which reads 'II Corps'. A military truck on a rugged path. Smoke rises in the distance. A sign reads 'Lord'. Jagged mountain slopes in the background. A soldier climbs atop a hill.
U.S. soldiers march towards Allied positions in North Africa during World War II. U.S. soldiers march in a single file. A Turkish Military General reviews American Military Police honor guard. Turkish General and aides. The Turkish General salutes. General George S Patton Junior decorates U.S. soldiers. The General pins a Purple Heart on Colonel TTJ Williams, Assistant Chief of Staff. He pins Silver Stars on Major John H. Gruver (middle) and Major (Chaplain) Leon Gorsline, II Corps for "entering areas abandoned by US troops and destroying equipment under heavy fire from the enemy" in the Battle of Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia (Unternehmen Frühlingswind/Operation Spring Breeze). A soldier records in a notebook.
Re-enactment: Soldiers march towards Allied positions in North Africa during World War II. Allied soldier walks and reaches a crossroad. Two signboards near the road. One reads 'II Corp gone to Gabes' and the second reads 'The 1st Army welcomes the 8th Army'. The soldier thumbs a ride from a passing military jeep.
U.S. soldiers march towards Allied positions in North Africa during World War II. Wreckage and bombed buildings in Sbeitla, Tunisia. British soldiers escort German and Italian prisoners towards Allied prison camps in Constantine, Algeria. Dusty boots of the prisoners.
Allied forces win sea, and air battles in North African Campaign. An allied convoy carries reinforcements towards Africa. Planes of the Axis Forces drop bombs. Explosion in water. The convoy lands in North Africa. Supplies and equipment unloaded from the ships. Soldiers disembark the ships. German dive bombers attack at night and are beaten off. British troops advance in Tunisia. British soldiers take out land mines. Allied soldiers fire artillery from a tank. Wrecked Pz.II and Pz.III tanks of the German 10th Panzer Division.
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