German U-boat crew at port preparing for mission. German Navy officer briefing crew on docks. U-boat leaves for mission, under protection byGerman destroyers. Men wave towards the submarines. German U-boat sailors at sea view Allied forces through binoculars and periscopes. German sailors on U-boat race to gun positions to attack Allied aircraft. Sailors prepare a 20mm flak gun on conning tower. Sailors on deck fire 3.7 cm Flak M42U anti aircraft guns. Following battle, German German aircraft are seen flying low near the submarine. Two German submarines underway side by side. German sailor signals nearby German ships. German ship radio operator at work and ship crew at controls in bridge of German warship.
Marines giving first aid to other marines in Iwo Jima. Marine firing M-1 over a hill. Marine pinned down on beach. Marine firing bazooka. Marine with fouled up bar. Marine cleaning the bar. Marines in foxholes, firing rifle grenade. Marine on beach speaking over phone. Scene of a sandy terrain. (World War II period).
U.S. soldiers of the 8th Army are jammed aboard an M46 Patton tank as they participate in a UN counter-attack against Chinese forces in the Korean War. Several tanks full of soldiers and some in jeeps, are seen fording river swollen by Spring melting and rains. Closeup of GIs riding tank. Narrator states they are heading beyond the 38th parallel. U.S. troops seen hunkered down as UN shell fire strikes at Chinese positions to slow down their anticipated Spring Offensive. White smoke rises from nearby exploding Chinese shells. U.S. 8th Army troops fall back as shells fall around them, to take up new defensive positions. Scene shifts to a large gathering of South Korean waifs. Closeup of some in a line, and inside a building, receiving clothing from U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division. It had been collected by the Marine Corps League, in many American cities. Marines are seen helping Korean children dress in the new clothes. Closeup of Korean children huddled down for a photograph. (Korean War)
U.S. 3rd Armored Division elements entering towns in France, during World War 2. Sign for town of "Pre En Pail". Group of captured German soldier prisoners of war sitting on side of road. Houses are decorated with French flags. Various vehicles pass along the street, including an M10 Tank destroyer. Tanks and vehicles entering town of Ciral. Sign reads "Ciral". Civilians wave to passing vehicles. American troops on a tank pose with a woman standing next to it. One U.S. Army soldier on the tank holds a little French girl. A French man stands near his daughter as the little French girl poses on a tank holding a homemade American flag.
Lieutenant General George S. Patton emerges from a tent, with Major General Lindsey M. Sylvester, Commander of the 7th Armored Division. They converse, as Patton gets into his jeep. General Sylvester salutes as General Patton drives away in his jeep which displays a three-star pennant. A heavy machine gun is mounted in the jeep.
Lieutenant General George S Patton leaves headquarters in Palermo, Sicily, Italy during World War II. He climbs into his custom-armored M3A1White Scout Car, equipped with two machine guns, and accompanied by staff, drives off. General Patton standing along roadside waving as his troops drive past in vehicles. General Patton, Major General Geoffrey Keyes and Colonel Campanole seated in jeep in one of the cities and look at maps while Maj Gen. Lucian Truscott stands next to the jeep. The generals ride through the streets and enter a building.
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