Invasion fleet assembles, with British, Canadian, and American infantry troops preparing for invasion in Italy during World War 2. U.S. Army ssldiers seen playing chess and reading newspapers aboard ship pre-invasion.. A U.s. soldier holds a puppy dog. A map shows the target places Anzio and Nettuno which are south of Rome. Landing ships and barges seen. Troops and heavy equipment arrive and are seen going ashore at Anzio and Nettuno. German dive bomber aircraft arrive on 2nd day and bomb Allied targets. A allied landing craft is hit and a large explosion is seen. Amphibious tank unloaded from landing craft. Near Anzio, dead German soldiers are seen on streets as Allied troops move in. German prisoners are taken by allies. British troops guarding captured German soldiers. A captured Nazi German officer is shown. and German soldier prisoners smoke cigarettes.
Operation Shingle during World War II. U.S. troops attack German positions in the Anzio area of Italy. They fire bazookas, small arms and machine guns. A burning U.S. Sherman tank, with "20 MPH" marked on the front. German soldiers are captured and they carry a wounded comrade on a stretcher. A number of German prisoners of war are seen in a group.
U.S. General Mark W. Clark visits wounded soldiers in Peccioli, Italy during World War II. General Mark W. Clark arrives in a jeep at the 56th Evacuation hospital. He enters the tent ward and speaks to the wounded soldiers. Blood plasma being given to an injured soldier. General Clark decorates two African American soldiers. He moves out of the tent and shakes hands with officers and drives away in the jeep. He visits another hospital and enters the tent ward. He moves out of the tent.
United States 92nd Infantry Division consisting of African American soldiers in Latiano, Italy during World War II. A bell on the observation post of Belfry Church. A view of a town at the foot of mountains. Latiano Church building. Soldiers of 370th Regimental Combat Team of 92nd Infantry Division advance alongside a road. Soldiers behind sand bag mounds. A soldier speaks over a phone. The mortar crew fires weapons. (Note: Opening slate shows the name, Sgt. Kreider. It refers to Harry Kreider, 196th Signal Photo Company.)
United States 92nd Infantry Division consisting of African American soldiers in Latignano, in the Comune of Cascina (Pisa) Italy during World War 2. A U.S. Army Captain of the Division briefs members of a patrol, using a pointer to highlight places on a field map. A Lieutenant, smoking a cigarette, and several other soldiers listen to him. The map is an aerial photograph, detailed down to individual small houses. The Captain unfolds two more photographs showing blow-ups of certain places. After discussing the photographs, the Captain stands up, places a rifle on the ground as a reference, and then places pebbles on the map and uses his pointer to describe locations of units, and other information relevant to the mission, as patrol members listen. (Note: reportedly, most of the map represents the Commune of Vicopisano (PI) at North of Arno.)
Activities of United States Navy salvage units on beachhead Anzio, Italy. United States sailor exits dugout with sandbag wall. A pup comes out of his own small dugout. A group of sailors erects sign board that reads 'Los Angeles 8000 miles'. Shell bursts in the background and sailors lie down on ground. Pun in sandbag dugout. Beach area with water front.
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