United States Army General George S. Patton aboard a command ship in Gela, Sicily, Italy during World War II. General George S. Patton aboard a command ship of Sicilian invasion fleet. An officer aboard the vessel writing. The General looks through binoculars. Other officers aboard the vessel. General Patton walks towards the edge of the ship and climbs down a landing net to an assault barge. The barge with the General and other officers moves towards the beach.
Ruins in Palermo, Sicily, Italy during World War2. Damage and debris around the harbor in Palermo. A beached ship shows a large hole in the side of the ship. U.S. troops look at the hole. An explosion on a damaged building. Black smoke billows up from ammunition being detonated on a field. Monte-Pellegrino is visible in background of some scenes.
U.S. soldiers work on a U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader aircraft in Gela, Sicily, Italy during World War II. Two U.S. soldiers work on the engine of an A-36 Invader aircraft parked on an airfield. Two soldiers take a bomb off a truck and roll it over to other soldier who installs fins. The soldiers load bombs on the A-36. The soldiers fuel the aircraft. A maintenance crew works on the aircraft. The bomb is loaded under the wing of the A-36.
U.S. soldiers work on a U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader aircraft in Gela, Sicily, Italy during World War II. Damaged tail section of the A-36 aircraft parked on an airfield. U.S. troops inspect the tail section. A hut made up of straw. Two soldiers crawl in the hut.
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.
Flour is provided to civilians in Prata Sannita, Italy during World War II. Italian Allied Military Government (AMG) officers standing at the entrance of a building. Italian civilians standing nearby. An officer weighs and distributes flour to them.
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