American wounded being evacuated following the invasion of Normandy during World War II. At the Omaha Beach beachhead, U.S. army DUKWs and trucks are gathered. A Jeep, displaying a red cross flag, drives along carrying four wounded soldiers, on stretchers. It moves along the beach, directed by an MP, and joins several others, also carrying wounded. A barrage balloon is seen aloft in the background. Several LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) are seen at the water's edge. Closeup from inside vehicle transporting a wounded, shows LST number 492 with its ramp down, in the background. Troops carry wounded up the ramp of an LST and line their litters up on the deck. Closeup of one wounded, unconscious or asleep. Corpsmen rendering first aid to others. Camera pans over the wounded on the deck. One, who is able to raise himself partly, is given a cup of water. Two, who are sitting, converse, and one shows the other a Nazi German armband he has as a souvenir.
Wounded U.S. soldiers being carried into landing craft beached at Normandy during World War II. Jeep loaded with wounded soldiers being driven into a landing craft. Other ships in the background. DUKW (six-wheel-drive amphibious truck) passes on beach. German prisoners march and board landing craft.
Ruins of Sicily after Allied bombings of World War II. Wrecked boats and a sunken ship at a beach in Sicily. Italian kids walk through debris on a beach. Men examine a large wrecked boat. Italian boys in a wrecked boat. Boys swim.
War damage in Sicily, Italy after bombings done by USAAF (United States Army Air Force) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes during World War II. Italian boys walk along the debris on a beach. A wrecked airplane on the beach. Men in the wrecked airplane. The Italian boys play in the wrecked airplane and swim.
U.S. landing crafts hit a beach for the invasion of France during World War II. U.S. troops climb up a cargo net out of an LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). Landing crafts pull up alongside the gangway of a ship. A DE (Destroyer Escort) underway. A Task Force underway. Barrage balloons in the background. Transports underway. Personnel aboard a transport. Landing crafts loaded with U.S. troops head for the beach. A British LST (Landing Ship Tank) underway.
A U.S. convoy heads towards a beach for the D-Day landings on Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy during World War II. LCTs (Landing Craft,Tanks), LSTs (Landing Ship, Tanks) and landing crafts loaded with soldiers of U.S. 16th Infantry Combat Team and 5th Engineer Specialist Brigade underway to Omaha Beach.
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