Two British seamen recount their D-Day Normandy invasion rescue to a Women's Army Corps (WAC) Captain in Plymouth, England in World War II. Seaman on the left tells how after a British carrier hit a mine and the American soldiers had to swim to the shore. Seaman on the right tells that the carrier, on which he was there, was hit at the beach broadside and the men had to swim through rough seas. Most of the men were picked up by a United States landing ship and returned to England.
A man with a pair of binoculars observes something in background while on board a United States ship in Portland Head, England. A half track vehicle being loaded on a landing barge. Soldiers and sailors on deck of a landing barge. Three American soldiers clean weapons aboard a landing craft at the pier. Truck is raised to the deck by elevator. M4 High speed tractor with soldiers atop pulls a 90mm Anti-aircraft gun on the dock and boards the landing ship, tank. Sailors and others are seen seated at the bow of the vessel.
Smoke rises from the Leyte Island as American ship approaches the island in Philippines during World War II. Landing Ship Tanks (LST) loaded with men and equipment approach the island. LSTs arrive at the beach and soldiers wade through surf towards the beach. They move off the beach into the jungle.
An American soldier works with a mine detector at Leyte Island in Philippines during World War II. Soldiers push a jeep out of the surf. A soldier climbs up a palm tree and places an American flag on top of it.
American soldiers unload supply crates in the surf from an LST (Landing Ship Tank) at Leyte Island in Philippines during World War II. Navy officer and crew direct landing operations with public announcement system,as officer instructs an operator who speaks into the microphone. A Navy first aid station on the beach.
A man directs an LST (Landing Ship Tank ) to the shore at Leyte Island in Philippines during World War II. American soldiers disembark from the LST and wade through surf to move beach wards. Supplies being unloaded from landing crafts at the shore. General Douglas McArthur walks along the beach. Philippine President Sergio Osmena comes ashore for a visit and then pulls away from the shore in a craft.
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