A U.S. convoy heads for the invasion of Salerno, Italy during World War II. DDs (destroyers) underway off the coast of Salerno. LCs (landing crafts) pass. Smoke rises from the beach in the background.
United Nations troops advance in North Korea after the capture of Seoul during the Korean War. A group of UN soldiers search a PRC (People's Republic of China) soldier. A map of Korea highlights the port city of Hungnam in Korea. US Marines advance along snowy mountains and roads during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Gun crews load artillery guns with shells. UN soldiers eat and rest at the beach of Hungnam. They advance in Hungnam. View from ground looking upward as parachute supplies are dropped from C-119 Boxcar airplanes for UN troops.
War damage in Messina, Sicily, Italy from bombing by USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes during World War 2. American Army technical sergeant offers a cigarette to a uniformed Italian policeman sitting on a bench with him in Messina, Sicily. Closeup of the Italian Policemen smoking the cigarette. In change of scene, the sergeant points to words "Heil Rommel" written on door of a building. He points out other graffiti on walls. He walks past remains of wrecked vehicles, and pauses to look at them as the camera shows them in closeup. View of a U.S. soldier sitting at waterfront, conferring with an armed Italian provisional military policeman wearing a white armband identifying him as such. Italian citizens stand around them. A sunken steamship sits grounded in the background. View of rowboats on the beach and the sunken steamship.
The U.S. Army secures Enewetak Island in the Marshall Islands during World War II. Men on a beach. The U.S. flag. A soldier displays a Japanese sword. A wrecked 40 mm gun. An LST (Landing Ship, Tank) in the background. Transports and landing crafts underway. Shells burst on the shore.
A U.S. cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer France after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. American soldiers receive communion at a beach. American Honor Guard doing a 3-volley rifle salute for a burial ceremony. A U.S. soldier, a U.S. sailor and a British soldier open tinned rations and eat. A bugler sounds a call. U.S. soldiers assembled for the burial ceremony. The soldiers with their heads bowed. A chaplain speaks. A Catholic priest, Reverend Father William Dempsey, of New York City, prays at an altar set up on a jeep hood. French civilians with flowers at the ceremony, including the Mayor of Colleville, Mr. Poidevin.
Allied troops on a beach after the D-Day landings on Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy during World War II. A sign on the side of a building at Omaha Beachhead reads 'Couseulles and Bayeux'. Allied troops and vehicles on the beachhead.
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