Seen from inside the airplane, a "stick" of U.S. paratroopers jumps from open door of a C-47 during a World War 2 practice exercise in England. Aircraft crewmen retrieve their static lines after they jump. An aerial view from adjacent airplane, of paratroopers jumping from a C-47. View of the formation flying South to North over RAF Ramsbury in Wiltshire (home to the 437th Troop Carrier Group between Feb 44 and Feb 45). Numerous hardstands can be seen on the airfield, below, as paratroopers jump from aircraft. A U.S. paratrooper captain leads his men in a jump. A formation of C-47s overhead with parachutes deployed below them. Close views of paratroopers hitting the ground after the jump. Camera focusing on a single paratrooper, as he descends, hits the ground, flips over, and is dragged by his still open chute.
British Royal Marines land in Holland during World War II. The Marines in landing crafts en route to Walcheren Island. Men and equipment aboard the landing crafts. A convoy of the landing crafts. British Marines cleaning rifles and loading cartridge clips. Rockets are fired from a ship. Hits on the island. An airplane drop bombs on the island. Smoke rises from explosions. Enemy artillery hits near a landing craft. A shell explodes near a landing craft. Men climb into Landing vehicles Tracked (LVTs). Troops coming ashore.
British Royal Marines in Holland during World War II. Burning and rubbled buildings and houses in an area. British Marines advance. German prisoners at work under British guard, and wounded being carried on stretchers. A German prisoner acting as a litter bearer with three British Marines. Medics bandaging a wounded British soldier with a wounded upper leg. The Germans, under armed British guard, carry salvage material.
U.S. soldiers in Mortain, France during World War II. Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry, 30th Division move through the ruins of Mortain. Rubbled buildings, wrecked American trucks and tanks along road side. Troops walking through the town. A memorial to the people of Mortain who died in World War I. A wrecked American jeep and a tank at a stone wall. Weary soldiers leaning against the wall. Other sit along the curb.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division invades Holland, Netherlands during World War 2. United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrains and gliders in flight overhead. Aerial view of flooded lands in Holland. The gliders come in for a landing on a field. A glider tips forward hard and crashes while landing. U.S. Army soldiers and medics work to free men from the wreckage. A soldier chops a part of the glider to rescue a soldier trapped underneath. An injured man crawls out as the rescuers lift up a nose section of glider with name "Jessie" written on front. A jeep is unloaded from a glider.
U.S. paratroopers in Holland during World War II. Paratroopers advance across a field. A jeep drives across a bridge. M-4 tanks and troops cross the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal and enter town of Son. Natives cheer. A little girl waves the American flag. German prisoners lined up against a building. Trucks and jeeps loaded with troops drive past cheering crowds.
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