The Normandy Landings on D-Day in France during World War II. A few U.S. Coast Guard personnel working on the propeller of an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) at a beachhead. A damaged propeller blade of the LCI on the ground. A few coast guards at the back of the LCI. USCG Captain Miles H. Imlay and Lieutenant Yonner speaking. Several tank traps on the beach. A small hut in the background.
The role of U.S. 86th Fighter Bomber Group during Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy in World War II. Men use shovel to clear rubble after an air raid by the 86th Fighter Group. Damaged buildings along a street. The men remove rubble. A sign on a building reads 'DUCE'. Debris on a street. A view of a beach and the surrounding area.
German troops in Sicily, Italy during World War II. A map of Italy. German ships at a coast. Allied aircraft in flight as a German convoy moves across the Strait of Messina. An aircraft drops bombs at the convoy and explosions occur at sea. Landing crafts in water. German troops aboard an aircraft. German anti aircraft guns fire at the Allied aircraft. Smoke rises as an aircraft is shot down. German crafts are anchored at a beach and equipment being unloaded. Troops disembark from vessels. A soldier smokes a cigarette. A damaged U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft after it was shot down. German General Hans Hube being congratulated for successful withdrawal.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Allied warships underway in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sicily. Explosions occur in the background on the coast. Soldiers come down a landing net onto a landing craft. Soldiers loaded onto a landing craft as it pulls away. Landing crafts head for the beach. U.S. Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton looks through a pair of binoculars towards the shore.
Allied campaign against Quadalcanal and Solomon Islands during World War II. Captured Japanese Labor Battalion prisoners (called Termites by the Marines) and some Imperial Marines march and are lined up. Japanese prisoners seated behind a barbed wire fence. A Japanese soldier being given first aid. treatment by an American medic. Dead Japanese soldiers from a Regiment commanded by Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki, are seen on the beach at, 'Alligator Creek.' (They fell during a nighttime attack against entrenched U.S. Marines, on 21 August 1942. The ICHIKI Regiment lost 777 killed during their attack. Only six members of the regiment escaped.) Corporal Barney Ross (former U.S. boxing champion) receives a Japanese flag as a souvenir. U.S. Navy Admiral Chester W. Nimitz decorates Marine Colonel 'Red' Mike Edson, Commander of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion and U.S. Marine pilots: Major Smith, Captain Carl and Major Gaylor during the ceremonies. Brief glimpse of Marine Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift with Admiral Nimitz
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. A Marine blows a bugle as they pay respect to those dead during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Rifles being fired in honor of the dead. United States soldiers get off a ship and come aboard landing crafts. The landing crafts arrive at a beach and troops disembark. A dog gets off a craft. U.S. Marines march towards a shore as they leave the island. The Marines embark onto a landing craft. The American flag flies over Guadalcanal.
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