U.S. army preparations in Weymouth, England a day prior to D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Two U.S. officers confer with representative of U.S. Transportation Corps. Convoy of 2 ½ ton cargo trucks move up on road. U.S. troops march up road past camouflaged tanks.
U.S. infantry and vehicles embark on ships at English shore prior to D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. infantry march along street. Soldiers carry ammunition aboard U.S. LST (Landing Ship, Tank). Tanks roll into LCT (Landing Craft, Tank). Soldiers clean guns and ammunition on deck of ship. Barges at dock. Troops loaded in assault boats are taken to waiting ships off the shore.
U.S. soldiers of 1st Infantry Division and U.S. 5th Engineers Specialist Brigade prepare in England for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Soldiers load demolition charges into an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). They perform calisthenics aboard a ship. A soldier loads rockets into a multiple rocket launcher. The soldiers arrange an ammunition belt in a multiple barrel air-cooled machine gun.
U.S. Third Army soldiers advance in France nearing border with Germany during World War II. A map locates positions of Allied troops advancing towards Metz and toward Strasburg Germany. World War 2 United States Army soldiers of the 5th Infantry surround and bombard the French city of Metz. American soldiers surround Metz. They fire artillery on the battlefield. Smoke rises from the firing and bombardment and Metz cathedral is seen in the background. Camouflaged artillery fire against German positions. The American soldiers of the 5th Infantry advancing through sniper fire and engaged in building clearing operations in Metz. Bomb damaged buildings of Metz along the sides of a street. The soldiers searching houses. A street sign for Hermann Goering Strasse in Metz. Captured and surrendering German prisoners marching towards a stockade or prison under U.S. Army guard. A rubbled area. Bomb damaged buildings and destruction in Metz after Allied forces take control of the city.
U.S. Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division, en route to Camp Mourmelon, France, after Operation Market Garden,in Holland, during World War 2. They stop briefly near Borg Leopold, a former Belgian Army Depot, East of Brussels, where they receive coffee and doughnuts from a Red Cross Clubmobile. The troopers line up with their personal mess cups and receive hot coffee and donuts. Various views of the troopers receiving their refreshments and mingling together as they enjoy them. One view from inside the clubmobile, looking out at the troopers.
U.S. Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division, preparing to depart for rest at Camp Mourmelon, France, following Operation Market Garden, in World War 2. They assemble near the Waal River at Nijmegen, Holland and are seen boarding open army trucks. Some children watch. The troopers are in obvious good spirits. View from a boat of some trucks driving away. The narrow dirt road seems to be on some sort of earthen dike. Troopers pack themselves into a truck, the tail gate is closed, and they drive away. More paratroopers board canvas covered troop trucks
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