Two United States Army medics puts a splint on an injured dog in Normandy, France during World War II. One of the medics wraps a gauze on the dog’s injured foreleg while another holds the dog still. Close view showing the medic putting cotton over the dog’s wound. First aid supplies are seen. The medic wraps gauze on the foreleg. The dog winces as the medic treats its wound. The dog licks with foreleg covered with gauze. The medics let the dog go and the dog walks away with a limp.
The Filthy Thirteen (inspiration for The Dirty Dozen, officially known as the 1st Demolition Section of the Regimental Headquarters Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division) of the United States Army prepare for a night drop in England during World War II. The paratroopers help each other put their equipment on. The men, sporting Mohawk haircuts, apply Native American war paint on each other’s faces. The men, now wearing their helmets, board the aircraft. Some of the men adjust the supply chutes underneath the aircraft. A Filthy Thirteen paratrooper smiles as he puts on his backpack. One of the paratroopers help his comrade adjust his backpack.
United States Army 101st Airborne Division paratroopers prepare for the D-Day night drop in England during World War II. A paratrooper adjusts the straps of his backpack. A fuel truck fueling a Douglas C-47 Skytrain. The man takes off the hose from the C-47. A paratrooper offers candy to a medic and another man. A paratrooper puts on a sling bag. Individual paratroopers adjusting their chutes. A paratrooper wearing a life vest.
United States 101st Airborne paratroopers adjusting their chutes in England during World War II. The paratroopers help adjust each other’s equipment. The officer calls the roll, paratroopers are seen standing in line. The officer himself checks the equipment of each man to see that he is properly harnessed. He helps adjust the harnesses on some of the men. The first officer takes down notes on his pad as he talks to another officer. Men adjust supply chutes underneath a plane.
A paratrooper of the United States 101st Airborne paratrooper adjusts the propeller engine of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain “Mary Louise” in England during World War II. Nose art is seen on the plane. Paratroopers in camouflage war paint walk across field on way to planes. Some of the paratroopers rest and smoke cigarettes on the field. A group of paratroopers make their way to the plane.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain 9X (315087) “Lady Lillian” starts its engine propellers in England during World War II. The pilot opens one of the cockpit windows. United States 101st Airborne paratroopers begin to board the C-47 transport plane. The transport plane taxis in the airfield.
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