USS Mississippi in the Pacific Ocean. View on deck of USS Mississippi. American float plane OS2U on deck of battleship. Men work on guns. Men enter hatch of 14" gun turret. A man gives signal to OS2U. It floats on water.
The USS Mississippi in the Pacific Ocean. Men run up the ladder to General Quarters (GQ). Men run to General Quarters on deck. Men run to General Quarters (GQ) & close hatch. Men climb vertical ladder to General Quarters.
Scenes aboard USS Mississippi in Pacific Ocean. Men carry boxes & supplies on deck. View of deck.
USS Mississippi in the Pacific Ocean. Interior views of rotating gun barrel.
USS Mississippi in Pacific Ocean. Men tug line. Men handle lines on deck. Ship alongside dock. Crane raises the trolley of men.
Map of the Netherlands with town of Hertogenbosch highlighted. Infantry move through the town of Oisterwijk, Netherlands, transported in "Kangaroo" armored personnel carriers of the 1st Canadian Armored Carrier Regiment. They are followed by armored vehicles of Squadron B,15th (Scottish) Reconnaissance Regiment. 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division Commander, Major General Sir Collin Muir (Tiny) Barber consults with two of his commanders at a river crossing in Moergestel (He is good-naturedly called "Tiny" because he is the tallest officer in the British Army. One of the officers with him may be Major Gordon or Major Mills.) British troops set up a battery of artillery and fire at German positions. British troops cross a canal in boats, while Churchill tanks and bren guns provide supporting fire. Soldiers climb the canal bank and proceed toward town of Boxtel. Several columns of the British 2nd Army proceed towards Hertogenbosch. A British Sherman tank firing. Buildings on fire due to bombardment. British forces employ a flame-throwing (Crocodile) Churchill tank. Members of the 15th (Scottish) Reconnaissance Regiment rescue civilians trapped in an air raid shelter. Fire and smoke rises. British tanks enter the town of Hertogenbosch. Liberated citizens come from hiding after the battle. (World War II period).
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