Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at a beach on Leyte Island, Philippines during World War II. Leyte beach in the Philippines. Soldiers unload supplies and equipment from an LST (Landing Ship Tank). A fuel truck hauls a trailer on the beach. Men in a well bail out surface water. The soldiers gather around the new well site. A tractor hauls a fuel truck along the beach. The wheels of the tractor. The soldiers weld holes in oil drums for showers. A welder welds a drum. A soldier fits pipes into the well. The soldiers work on a pipe in the shower well. A latrine tent. Trucks in a motor pool. A scraper on the beach. The soldiers unload equipment from a landing craft onto a truck. They use a crane for carrying supplies. A ship convoy and the landing craft underway at sea.
The amphibious landing of U.S. troops in Palau during World War II. The American aircraft in flight overhead. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) coming on to the beach. Three LVTs heading for the beach. Part of the task force. The armored LVT passes on the reef. Two armored LVTs on the beach. Troops unloading from the LVT and running up through the surf. The troops advancing on to the beach. The LVT high on the beach. A dead man floating in the water. A dog tag around the man's neck. Men play a crap game using a helmet. The dice and money in the helmet.
Captured German soldiers raise their hands in defeat during the Allied Invasion of Normandy in World War II. Free French Forces Commando grins with missing teeth. Surrendered German soldiers are led away as prisoners of war (POW). German soldiers, both young and middle-aged, sitting on the beach. A balding German soldier wearing round eyeglasses. Allied soldiers frisk captured German soldiers for weapons. An injured German soldier rests on bed of hay. A German officer with a Nazi pin captured by Allied soldiers. Captured German soldiers with tired faces after capture from D-Day. German soldier chewing on weed stem. Injured German soldier lies down. Captured German soldiers, holding their hands up, are herded back to the beach to await their transport to camps. Sign on building reads, "BERNIERES," possibly for Bernières-sur-Mer. German soldiers sit on the beach behind barbed wire. German soldiers, all except one, duck down as something nearby explodes, and then rise again together. Captured German soldiers stand with their hands behind their heads on the beach during D-Day. Injured German soldier with bandage covering his left eye. Captured German soldiers being herded on beach, a barrage balloon flies to protect Allied supplies from overhead attacks.
M4 Sherman tanks exit LST during the landing of the Free French 2nd Armored Division troops on Utah Beach, Normandy (World War 2). A Free French soldier peering from an M4 Sherman tank hatch waving. Two soldiers on top of an M4 Sherman tank. Three soldiers, two of them waving at the camera, on top of an M4 Sherman tank. The French flag is seen on the tank. M4 Sherman tanks in line on Utah Beach. A soldier jumps from an M4 Sherman tank, picks up sand from Utah Beach. The smiling French soldier holds sand from the beach. M4 Sherman tanks drive on the beach from the landing craft. Soldiers wave on top of M4 Sherman tanks (“TARDENDIS”). A soldier smiling on top of a moving M4 Sherman tank, passing by a barrage balloon in the sky. An M$ Sherman tank (“ESTEREL”) driving. An M5 light tank drives out of a landing craft.
Men and vehicles moving on beach ramp. Supplies stacked on beach ramp. A (Land Ship Tank) LST-1141 (USS Stone County)up to the beach ramp. A fork lift with load enters the LST. Stacks of lumber lying in the beach area. Men assist in loading the lumber to the fork-truck. They chain the stack to the fork. The fork-truck moves with stack to the ship. The heavy wheels of the fork-truck moves up the ramp of LST. The fork-truck moving into tank deck of LST.
A landing craft carrying Allied troops sinks in rough sea off beach at Normandy, France. Men are thrown in water and one of them swims to a life preserver. Smoke rises from beaches during battle. Fires dot the battlefield. British forces at Sword Beach. View of U.S. military trucks, tanks and DUKWS (amphibious truck), rolling onto the beach with U.S. Army soldiers are seen in the background. All footage from between D-Day and D-Day plus 3 (June 6 - June 9, 1944). (World War II period).
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