Paratroopers of U.S. 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in England during World War II. The paratroopers unload parachute bundles from a truck and fasten the bundles beneath a U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain transport plane.
U.S. soldiers at RAF (Royal Air Force) Saltby airfield, England in World War II. Three soldiers seated on the ground talking. A chaplain comes and gives the soldiers cigarettes and Victory-mail blanks. A soldier seated on the ground writes a Victory-letter. A formation of U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain planes passes overhead. The soldiers are seated and write V-letters. C-47s in flight.
Landing Ship, Tank No. 532, The USS Chase County, at Polgwidden (AKA Trebah) on the Helford River, near Falmouth, Cornwall, England during World War 2. The LST moves up the river at Trebah. The USS Chase County is seen docked and ready for troops and equipment to embark. (Note: Later this same day, Allied troops and equipment did embark on the USS Chase County for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. However, they spent the next 5 very uncomfortable days afloat in bad weather that actually delayed the operation.)
U.S. gliders being assembled at RAF Greenham Common, England, in preparation for the D-Day invasion during World War II. Truck trailers arrive at the airfield. Packing crates placed on field. Workmen assemble U.S. Waco CG-4 assault gliders. Man directs arriving vehicles. Light tractor pulls crate loaded with glider part. Truck loaded with men arrives. Men work under the wing of a glider.
American troops in Cherbourg during World War II. Allied troops on a street in town. Several Frenchmen walk in street looking at damage and destruction. U.S. soldier inspects a wrecked tank on roadside. One American soldier looks at a dead German soldier, sitting slumped in an alcove of a stone wall, and walks away. Several American soldiers walk past destroyed buildings.
American troops in Cherbourg during World War II. American troopers talk with a French couple. French man points way to troops. Troopers inspect dead body of a German soldier lying along roadside. He holds a grenade in his hand. Trooper inspects another dead German soldier sitting slumped in stone alcove, with his eyes closed. Army jeep moves on a street.
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