Wrecked and sunken ships and bodies of U.S. Army/Navy Scouts and Raiders who lost their lives during the Operation Torch invasion of North Africa, in World War 2. A wrecked supply ship aground in the surf. Bodies of two dead U.S. frogmen (Army/Navy Scouts and Raiders) in rubber suits with breathing apparatus. An inflated rubber raft nearby on the shore. Another red rubber boat further inland. Two destroyers sunk in shallow water.
U.S. landing craft underway during Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, in World War 2. Sailors manning antiaircraft gun positions. Sailors off duty relaxing. Two play guitars and others sing along with them, on the deck. A turret with twin 5 inch guns rotates. The El Hank lighthouse at Casablanca, Morocco. A red Moroccan flag fluttering in the breeze. A loaded landing craft displaying the number, 381, on its bow.
Allied invasion of North Africa, during World War 2 (Operation Torch). A British officer looks through binoculars at sunset. Several Allied landing craft maneuvering in waters off the Moroccan coast. The Casablanca El Hank lighthouse in the background behind ships. A British Naval officer on deck. A destroyer escort moving through a convoy. A Moroccan flag flying from ship. Naval gunfire in darkness at night.
Allied ships in Casablanca bay during Operation Torch (Invasion of North Africa) in World War 2. Barrage balloons aloft, over the area. British Naval officers on the bridge of a ship. Aerial views of the port and harbor of Casablanca, Morocco.
Allied sailors, French, British and American, march in formation and assemble at attention in Morocco, during World War 2. A group of French sailors shouldering arms, marches along a waterfront path and stands at attention in a paved area. They are joined by a group of British sailors, also shouldering arms. A U.S. contingent of sailors marches to a nearby location. The entire activity is at a waterfront area in Morocco. Brief glimpse of a destroyer off the coast.
A U.S. Army tank Sherman tank moves across the sand on beachhead during the invasion of North Africa (Operation Torch) in World War 2. U.S antiaircraft fire is directed at formations of German aircraft attacking the beachhead. Flak bursts of black smoke seen in the sky. Several landing ships are at the shore. Explosions on the shore from German bombs. A large explosion and black smoke from a ship in the bay struck by a German bomb.
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