U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division paratroopers at Ramsbury airfield board transport planes bound for Holland, Netherlands during Operation Market Garden of World War II. They carry supplies as they step on landing strip covered in Marston Mats. Wings of the transport planes. C-47 Skytrain transport plane starts and warms up engine. A British paratrooper wearing a beret puts on his life vest and inspects his Sten MK II submachine gun. A young soldier writes a letter or takes notes.
United States soldiers lay canvas containers on the ground in Newbury, Berkshire, England during World War II. They roll out canvas and lay mortar shells on top of it. The soldiers wrap the mortar shells with the canvas. They attach the canvas containers with parachutes. Soldiers carry a wicker trunk. They open the trunk and place resupply field rations on the trunk. A small container with the label “U.S. ARMY FIELD RATION C”. They close the trunk. The soldiers attach a parachute on the wicker trunk before carrying it away.
United States soldiers unroll canvas on the ground in Newbury, Berkshire, England during World War II. The pair of soldiers, one of them is a Technician Fifth Grade, neatly lay down mortar shells on top of the canvas. They roll the canvas to pack the mortar shells. The two soldiers securely fasten the canvas container before attaching a parachute on top of it. They put the canvas container in a pile. Packed containers for resupply, ready for dropping, are now stacked. Soldiers carry and open a wicker trunk.
Allied transport aircraft fly overhead at RAF Newbury in Berkshire, England during World War II. The transport planes release gliders. A Waco CG-4 Hadrian military glider bank as it lands on the airfield. Various military planes parked in the background. A formation of transport planes fly overhead. A British Airspeed AS.51 Horsa military transport glider. C-47 Skytrain transport plane tows a glider during takeoff.
U.S. Army troops unload supplies from a United States Army glider at RAF Newbury in Berkshire, England during World War II. The soldiers place boxes of supplies on the back of a cart. A Jeep towing a cart drives past a glider “Nancy the Third”. A Jeep drives, towing a cart away from the glider. The soldiers pick up supplies and unload them from the cart. Military Jeeps and vehicles driving on forested road.
Armed African American U.S. Army soldiers of the 1st lnfantry Battalion, 376th CD, 92nd Division walking through the town of Massa, Italy during World War 2. An African American soldier guards and escorts a young 14 year old German boy soldier for interrogation by an officer of the 370th Infantry. African American soldiers lining both sides of street in Italian village. An elderly Italian civilian man stands beside a young Italian girl watching the procession of soldiers. Close up of two African American soldiers seated on embankment, talking. They have ammunition boxes beside them.
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