United States Army soldiers drive a 1/4-ton truck on muddy road in Merode, Germany during World War II. Wheels of 1/4-ton Army truck spinning and moving in the mud. A soldier follows the trucks in the forest road. A man stands on the running board of a moving medic Jeep “Skippy”. Soldiers push a Jeep stuck in muddy road. Wheels spinning while stuck in mud. Soldier fastens chains into Jeep’s front bumper. The vehicle slowly moves through the muddy forest road.
U.S. Army Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport planes take off one by one from RAF Ramsbury airfield in Wiltshire, England during World War II, heading for the Netherlands in Operation Market Garden. A Waco CG-4 Hadrian military glider taxiing, following one of the transport planes at the British airfield. C-47 Skytrain transport plane takes off from the airfield, followed by the WACO CG-4 glider.
Sidewalk stalls and shoppers in Portland, Oregon. View of Portland Harbor extending from many miles along the Willamette River. River front and dock facilities in Portland Harbor. Spanish–American War Soldier's Monument by sculptor Douglas Tilden and installed in Lownsdale Square in Portland's Plaza Blocks. The Multnomah County Courthouse (1021 SW 4th Ave., Portland, Oregon, USA) as seen from 4th Avenue and Salmon Street.
An injured U.S. soldier on a stretcher is loaded into a medical vehicle. A Douglas R4D-8 transport aircraft taxies on a runway in Iwo Jima, while U.S. Marines walk by and watch. Five Marines, all in arm slings, walk past the R4D-8. A few men on stretchers are brought into a building, and another man, smoking a cigarette, is moved on a stretcher into the back of a small vehicle. Another man with an injured hand is moved into a small vehicle on a stretcher. A World War 2 medical transport truck drives off, and the camera gives a closeup of the red cross symbol on the truck.
Clip starts with a closeup shot of the red cross symbol on the side of a medical transport vehicle. Then it switches to a shot of a few U.S. Marines stepping onto a bus, while one woman (possibly Kendeigh) and a few other soldiers stand on the porch of a building beside the bus. Injured Marines on stretchers are seen being carried to a Douglas R4D transport aircraft, before a closeup shot of more soldiers on stretchers lying on the ground. Then Jane Kendeigh, the first Navy flight nurse to land in an active Pacific combat zone, is seen speaking to one of the men on the ground. A few soldiers are seen being moved into another R4D transport plane, with Kendeigh watching. Then, a closeup shot of Kendeigh and another Marine examining something on a clipboard, before another stretcher is loaded onto the plane. Kendeigh is seen inside the airplane, speaking to a few of the men, some sitting and some wounded lying on beds or stretchers. Finally, a closeup of one soldier, appearing to be asleep.
Four U.S. Marines carry a wounded marine on a stretcher towards a Douglas R4D transport airplane. He is laid down in a row next to other injured soldiers on stretchers, before they are lifted, one by one, into the aircraft. A sign that reads, "Hairless Joe" is posted on the inside of the aircraft loading door. The Douglas R4D is then seen taking off.
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