During the D-Day invasion of Europe. American troops land on a beach in Normandy in France as they carry away injured soldiers on a stretcher. Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division - 16th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion sit on a narrow beach shore shielded against a chalk embankment. A landing craft nears a wider shore of Omaha beach shore as soldiers of the 3rd battalion dig fox holes. (World War II period).
An American ship, rescue boat, floating piers, landing craft and small boats at the beach in Normandy, France. Vehicles move up the beach. A half track towing a trailer with men on top moves onto the beach. Men transfer gear from boats.
American ships,boats and landing crafts anchored at the Omaha beach in Normandy,France. Waves breaking at the beach. Wrecked bridge and other crafts are also seen. Some soldiers and military trucks move on the beach. Wrecked equipment and crafts are seen.
View of beach obstacles which were used to block Allied landing forces on the beaches of France. United States 705th Ordnance soldiers use welding torches to cut up beach obstacles for use as hedgerow cutters. Welders attach hedgerow cutters on M5A1 light tanks. Tank is about to be tested. The hedgerow cutter design came from Sergeant Curtis G. Culin, of the 102nd Reconnaissance Squadron. (World War II period).
U.S. troops carrying a wounded soldier, of 16th Infantry Regiment, on a litter along narrow stretch of beach in the shelter of chalk cliffs on Omaha beach during D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, during World War 2. U.S. medics treating wounded under the cliffs. Two landing craft beached amidst the steel obstacles on shore. A German soldier receiving first aid from an American soldier. U.S. medic looks at ID information tied to a wounded soldier. Several German soldier prisoners of war, sitting on the shore. A destroyer escort offshore, firing a gun.
Japanese surrender in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Coast under bombardment by Americans as smoke rises. American naval personnel in a vessel approach a beach. Japanese civilians on the beach. Vessel nears the beach. Civilians swim towards the vessel. American men throw a rope and life saving tube. Japanese come aboard the vessel one by one. A man announces the terms of surrender on a loudspeaker. Some more civilians swim to the vessel. Japanese men photographed aboard the vessel.
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