View of coconut palms in Puerto Rico. Man climbs up a coconut tree and tosses coconuts on the ground. Coconuts ate gathered and loaded onto a cart. Men husk coconut shells using an upright steel blade. Banana trees. Men collect bunch of bananas and load them on donkeys. Sugarcane plantation. Flowers over the crop. Sugarcane crop is harvested. The crops is loaded on bullock carts.
View of Monkey island in Puerto Rico, operated by the School of Tropical Medicine and Columbia University. Group of monkeys eat, play and jump on tree branches. Monkeys take bananas from a basket and eat.
American military capabilities on display in Puerto Rico. American artillery troops parade at the Henry Barracks in Cayey, Puerto Rico, home to the 2nd Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment. Military trucks pull artillery guns over mountain roads. Range finders give coordinates to the artillery crew. Artillery guns being fired. U.S. pilots parade on the newly-built Borinquen Army Airfield, home to the 27th Bombardment Squadron,and elements of the 25th Bombardment Group, equipped with B-18A aircraft. B-18 bombers take off from the airbase. Aerial view from above a formation of B-18s flying over the city of San Juan in Puerto Rico. (World War II period).
British Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber takes off from grass field and climbs rapidly. The aircraft makes a low-level pass, buzzing the field and pulls up in a steep climb. British soldiers in jeeps, small open trucks, and motorcycles with sidecars fill a road. They cross a small water stream. Officer in the water on a white horse observes. Motorcycles stop in a village, in formation, and all soldiers wave for the camera. (World War II period).
Camouflage engineers at Fort Heath in Massachusetts during World War 2. Aerial view of Fort Heath with its Coastal areas. U.S. Army Corps of Camouflage Engineers builds camouflage for coastal defense battery installations. Engineers build gun emplacement and concealment using fishnets and other material to deceive enemy. They prepare camouflage paint and paint it on a roof. Tree branch brought in by army truck.
Camouflage engineers at Fort Heath in Massachusetts. U.S. Army Corps of Camouflage Engineers look at maps. Housing and other structures camouflaged to resemble installations. A group of engineers builds fishnets. They cut strips and tie them onto fishnet to build a camouflage. Engineers work on machine cutting iron rods, welding and fitting instruments. These iron rods are placed near a bridge. The iron rod structure placed on the ground. Engineers make wooden boxes for camouflage. Camouflage nets placed over a bridge. Buildings, bridges and other neighboring area camouflaged. Engineers tie camouflaged nets with strings and rods. Engineers stand next to artillery. Building next to coastal area. World War 2 era aerial view of Fort Heath with camouflaged areas.
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