United States soldier spins propeller of Piper Cub airplane to start before taking off in airfield near Randazzo, Sicily during World War 2. Piper Cub takes off from field for reconnaissance mission.
United States soldiers communicate on the ground with radiomen in airplane reconnaissance missions during the Allied Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. Soldier use a radio telephone to talk to radioman while taking notes of enemy position. Soldiers working on plotting boards and calculators. United States soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 60th Field Artillery fire M2A1 Howitzer in battlefield. Artillery shells hit mountain.
British and United States soldiers clear up rubble in ruins of Messina after the Allied Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. Commandos of the British Army cook with military stove and drink with mugs on a devastated street in Messina. A military vehicle drives through ruined part of Messina (probably 157th Infantry, 45th Division ). View of a partly sunken ship by the waterfront. General George S. Patton and General Lucian K. Truscott arrive in Messina’s waterfront. Generals George S. Patton and Lucian K. Truscott speak with British officer at city hall after surrender at present day Piazza Unita d'Italia (building seen behind them is Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 134, 98121 Messina)
General John J. Pershing reviews United States Border Guard near the border with Mexico during World War 1. United States 5th Cavalry gallop, ride together in review for General Pershing. General Pershing and a United States Army official salute to the 5th Cavalry
Two United States soldiers slice a giant oversized baguette bread in half during World War 1.
Italian Prime Minister and Il Duce Benito Mussolini welcomes German Chancellor and Führer Adolf Hitler upon his arrival in the Brenner railway station (39041 Brenner, South Tyrol, Italy), the border station of Italy and Austria. Adolf Hitler gives the Nazi salute while Benito Mussolini extends the Roman Salute to honor guards while it snows outside the Brenner station. Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano and Nazi German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop follow behind their leaders. Hitler shakes hands with Mussolini and Count Ciano, greet each other with the Nazi and Roman salutes, before boarding train back to Germany. Joachim von Ribbentrop greets the Nazi salute to Mussolini before the latter shake hands with him. Hitler speaks to Mussolini while leaning on train window before departure. Hitler’s train departs from Brenner station. Mussolini gives a final Roman salute to Hitler as his train departs for Germany. Mussolini, Count Ciano and other Italian fascist officials leave the platform. “Brennero” (Italian for Brenner) station sign in heavy snow. Italian fascist officials salute to Mussolini’s snowy train departing Brenner station after Hitler's visit to Italy during World War II.
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