United States 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion near Carentan, France during World War II. Soldiers of 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion in a field as one of them carries a shell. Soldiers load shells into the mortar and fire. A soldier cleans the mortar. After completion of firing soldiers cover the mortar with a camouflage net. A soldier speaks over a field phone.
'Radioactive contamination' about the hazards posed by the sinking of a United States aircraft carrier and the methods to control radioactivity. United States Navy F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft taking off from United States aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. F6F-3 Hellcat firing rockets in air. Landing signal operator LSO using flags while guiding plane for landing on USS Independence. Kamikaze attacks at Tarawa. Anti aircraft guns on carrier cut down kamikaze planes as they attack. USS Independence flying USA flag at Tokyo Bay. Scene of surrender of Japanese at Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. Aerial view of atomic bomb blast at Bikini in 1946. The wrecked carrier Independence being towed away after it was used as a target for an atomic bomb test in 1946 as part of Operation Crossroads. Men at a construction site talk about contamination caused in sea water due to sinking of Independence containing radioactive waste. They comment, "she's all full of that radioactive poison" and with respect to eating fish in water near the ship, "would you eat fish again?" Two women dressed in furs, in a car, also discuss radioactivity. One woman says, "from what I've heard it's very dangerous. " View of 1940s car backing into oncoming traffic and almost causing an accident. An aerial view of atomic explosion at Bikini. Damaged USS Independence ship after TEST ABLE. Signs on board warn of radioactivity with words, "Keep Clear, Danger! Very Radio-Active" and "Radioactivity. Do not remain more than 2 hours." Men in small boat near USS Independence examine damage to the ship. Parts of the USS Independence being tested for radioactive contamination at the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory NRDL, Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California. The USS Independence being sunk in 1951. View of Bikini atomic bomb blast within a bay surrounded by ships. Simulation shows the effect a similar blast would have on a coastal city as a radioactive cloud covers the city. Officers holding handkerchiefs to their mouths as they enter an office building from outside. Firemen climb ladders while putting out a large fire. A house wife working in a kitchen and responding to a pot boiling over on the stove burns her hand. A man slips on a bar of soap in the shower while singing. An officer honking at an oncoming car as he is run off the road. Woman driver dressed in furs exclaims to her friend about the bad driving of men. Officer just run off the road by woman driver exclaims, "Women !" with frustration. Aerial view of test nuclear explosion at Bikini Atoll.
Allied military vehicles being unloaded at Omaha beach in Normandy, France during World War II. United States Army jeeps being unloaded from a Landing Craft Tank at Fox Green beachhead in Normandy, France. An American soldier on the beach as jeeps and other military vehicles are unloaded. A jeep get stranded in high waters and the soldier wades through surf towards the jeep. German prisoners on the beach. One of the injured German prisoners being carried away on a litter. Dead American soldiers on the beach. Wounded prisoners seated on the beach.
Allied landings at Omaha beach in Normandy, France during D-Day of World War II. United States soldiers loaded in a Landing Craft Tank as they move shore wards. Smoke rises from the Omaha beach in the background. Soldiers wade through water and land on Fox Green beach head in Normandy, France.
D-Day Allied landings at Omaha beach in Normandy, France during World War II. United States soldiers loaded in Landing Crafts as they move shore wards. Smoke rises from the Omaha beach in the background. Various heavy equipment barges with cranes underway in the Channel off the coast of Normandy, France.
D-Day Allied landings at Omaha beach in Normandy, France during World War II. United States soldiers and sailors loaded in a Landing Ship Tank ( LST) as they move towards the Omaha beach in Normandy, France. Soldiers smoke cigarettes aboard the LST. Soldiers doze off with their heads lowered over their knees. Various landing crafts underway in the channel off the French coast.
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