A U.S. Army staff car displaying a bumper plate with three stars, arrives at a building in Nieuwkerk, Netherlands, being used as headquarters of the U.S. Ninth Army's XVI Corps. Military policemen guard the entrance. Occupants step from the car. Next, Ninth Army Commander, Lieutenant General William H. Simpson, is seen standing in front of the building, with XVI Corps Commander, Major General John B. Anderson (momentarily hatless). In next scene both generals pose (Anderson now wearing his steel helmet). As the two converse, a British staff car drives up. The two American generals salute, as British Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery steps from the car. Next, Montgomery stands in the street, removing his overcoat (with a little difficulty), as he chats with the two U.S. generals. A military photographer, in the background, takes pictures. The three leaders continue their conversations on the sidewalk in front of the building. Closeup of Marshal Montgomery speaking as two army photographers are seen, along with some town dwellings, in the background.
The Battle of Okinawa in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A group of U.S. Marines at a command post looks at a chart of a combat area. A Marine looking through a binocular. Another Marine stands holding the binocular and other stand behind him. U.S. Marines in a foxhole. A Marine in a partial foxhole with a mortar. The Marines in a trench look out over an open valley with binoculars. Smoke columns rise in a distance due to mortar fire. Marine communications squad lays telephone wires toward advance position. The Marines laying the wires. A group of Marines seated discuss and one of them puts on a mask. The Marine advance. A Marine carries mortar parts on his shoulders. A USMC (United States Marine Corps) sniper with a telescopic lens on a rifle shoots across the valley. The Mortar Squad firing. Phosphorous smoke shells hit the ground in the open valley and lay a smoke screen. A Marine speaks over a telephone and another smokes a cigar.
The Battle of Okinawa in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A United States M5 tank with name "Amapola" painted on side is seen passing in the foreground. Two tanks advance and United States Army infantrymen follow behind. The tanks fire. Shells burst. The command post at the top of a ridge. The tanks firing. Smoke columns rise as the tanks fire. U.S. Army Lt General Simon Bolivar Buckner directing operations. United States 6th Marine Division tanks in a valley fire at caves on the side of a cliff. Smoke rises due to the firing, and U.S. infantry advance.
Bomb target areas in Nishinoshima, Shimane Peninsula, Japan during World War II. Aerial views of the city. The buildings in the city. Target areas of Nishinoshima.
United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) aircraft fly over bomb targets in Japan during World War II. The sun rising over the horizon. A pilot in the cockpit of a USAAF 497th Bombardment Group aircraft reading a magazine. The lead B-29 Superfortress aircraft. A pilot at the controls in the aircraft cockpit. The co-pilot takes over the controls. Two USAAF B-29 Superfortress bombers in formation flight. The nose of an aircraft in view. Aerial view of Sofu Gan island. The aircraft in flight. Kanaya airfield and the assembly point for 73rd Bomb Wing at Omaozaki. Aerial views of Mount Fuji and Lake Shimoko. Several B-29s in formation flight. Views of Mount Fuji.
Reconstruction of Saipan airfield in the Mariana Islands by American soldiers. Damaged hangars on Saipan airfield due to bombings by Japan. Men beside bulldozers parked in an area. A bulldozer clearing the airstrip. Men set detonation charges on the ground. The bulldozers at work in the background. The charges going off resulting in explosions. Power shovels, bucket elevators and trucks used to reconstruct the airstrip. Equipment at work on the airstrip. Narrow gauge flatcars are loaded with supplies by a crane. The flatcars moving on a path. The supplies are unloaded. A man beside a flatcar. Men beside equipment clearing the airstrip. Two U.S. soldiers sitting on a track and one of them writes 'B & O Express' on the back of a rail cart. The men shake hands. A man beside a rail cart of drums on a track. Men stand on materials in rail carts and the rail carts move. Several tents in view. (World War II period).
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