United States 81st Infantry Division M4 Sherman tanks and troops on the beach head of Angaur during the Pacific War in World War II. Medics carry casualty in stretcher and treat patient on the beach. A soldier holds his helmet to shield a wounded soldier's eyes. Another holds a patient’s IV fluid. More troops land on the beach. 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” Soldiers receive more ammunition from Higgins boat. The soldiers carry supplies. Japanese fire hits American ammo dump on the beach, creating an explosion. United States troops with water hose put down fire in ammo dump. Major General Paul J. Mueller talking to another military official on Angaur. Officers walk in knee-deep water as they land on the beach. General Mueller inspects Angaur.
General Henry H. Arnold (Hap Arnold) describes the role of the United States Army Air Force in the Pacific theater of World War II. Flags of the United States and the Army Air Force are seen behind General Arnold. General Arnold seated behind a desk with a nameplate bearing his name. A model aircraft is seen on General Arnold’s right side. “The Army Air Forces play an important part in winning the war. It is equally important to ensure our winning the peace and America remaining what it is today a leading the airpower in the world. You and every American play your part in maintaining the freedom and security which we have all fought by buying and holding bonds,” says General Arnold.
12th detachment 66th infantry division medics carry a wounded German prisoner of war into stretcher in France during World War II. U.S. Army medics lift an unconscious prisoner from the stretcher. Medical attention given to German prisoners taken in drive to Paris, France. A wounded French solider given first aid by Allied medics. Medics carry the wounded French soldier into an ambulance.
Allied soldiers inspect a wrecked German fighter aircraft near Paris, France during World War II. U.S. Army soldier looks at the empennage of wrecked plane bearing the Nazi Swastika. A pair of captured German Luftwaffe crew standing near the wreckage. An artillery is seen in the background. Close-up view of captured German Luftwaffe pilot’s face showing bandages for injuries. Allied troops folding a tarp. Smoke rise from the debris and wreckage of German plane. A captured prisoner of war German Luftwaffe crewman looks down.
Captured German prisoners of war led through streets by French Forces of the Interior (FFI) guerrillas after the Liberation of Paris during World War II. Civilian onlookers watch the German prisoners marching away. Some hostile French civilians attempt to punch and beat German prisoners. French nuns, civilian women, and a priest clapping in front of a building. French civilians gather under a monument in Paris. M3 half-tracks moving in front of the Arc de Triomphe. A man holding the French flag under the Arc de Triomphe. General Charles de Gaulle walking on the street while escorted by a group of personnel. An M4 Sherman tank moving on a street near Avenue Champs Elysees. Crowds gather to watch military vehicles under the Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France).
A crowded street with a pillar of smoke rising from afar after the Liberation of Paris in World War II. Men standing on top of vehicle on the foreground. French civilians running near the Arc de Triomphe. Angry French civilian men confront captured German prisoners of war. U.S. Army soldiers wearing M1 helmets (with anchor stenciled in front) blocking civilians from German prisoners. Several civilians crouching low on the ground and laying on the ground, and others crouching low while they wheel away their bicycles, possibly having heard an episode of gun fire. Civilians watch the columns of German prisoners marching through Avenue de Champs Elysees leading to the Arc de Triomphe.
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