United States Engineers locate German Teller mines in Emile, France during World War II. 134th Regiment soldiers of the United States 35th Division move forward along the edge of a road. U.S. Major General Paul W. Bade visits soldiers of 35th Division. He speaks to Engineer officer. General Bade and officer confer over a map as a photographer takes pictures. Engineers of 60th Engineer Battalion probe mines. Engineers probe the ground for mines. German Teller mine being uncovered and engineers hook a long line onto the mine for removal.
United States Engineers locate German mines in Emile, France during World War II. United States Engineers carry Bangalore torpedoes along the road. Torpedoes being fused with primer cords. TNT(Trinitrotoluene ) torpedoes being tied to torpedoes. Men place sandbags to trap down torpedoes. Torpedoes explode as smoke rises. Troops move across a cleared road.
United States Engineers locate German mines in Emile, France during World War II. Charges are set off on a road to clear land mines. American soldiers move on the cleared road. View of explosive charges used to clear land mines.
Soldiers of Company D of the United States 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion near Carentan, France during World War II. A soldier, Corporal George Kowach, takes target information from a forward observer team over a field phone at a mortar command post. He relays this information to his platoon leader, First Lieutenant Charles W. Kidd, who plots the target on a map and writes coordinate information into his notebook. The target plot will be passed to the gun positions for firing. Company D soldiers dig an emplacement in a field. Soldiers assemble 4.2 chemical mortar in preparation for the fire mission. (Note: On this day, Company D, operating in support of the 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, fired 85 rounds on strong points and hedgerow defenses.)
United States 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion near Carentan, France during World War II. American soldiers transfer mortar ammunition from a two and a half ton truck to a M-29 cargo carrier in a field. Cargo carrier loaded with ammunition moves away.
United States 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion near Carentan, France during World War II. Soldier of 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion speaks over a field phone as the one next to him takes down notes. Soldiers work on a mortar. Soldiers unload wooden crates from a truck and pile them up in a field.
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