Repair of collision damage to USS Shangri La (CVA-38) in Naples, Italy. A man aboard the damaged area of the USS Shangri La (CVA-38) cuts away the damaged part using a cutting torch. The man on stage uses a cutting torch to cut away the jagged edges of the damaged section of the ship. Views of cutting by the cutting torch and the resultant sparks. Interior of the ship.
Repair of collision damage to the USS Shangri La (CVA-38) in Naples, Italy. A cofferdam is secured to the port quarter of a Landing Craft, Mechanized. A Utility Boat seen in the background. The cofferdam up alongside Shangri La, half in the water, being edged up the side of the ship. A chain-fall hooked up to a sling on the corner of the cofferdam. A small Italian type barge seen in the background. The cofferdam is pulled up alongside the Shangri La by a man inboard the ship. A chain hoist hook is attached to a cable on a corner of the cofferdam. A yellow wheel turns part of a chain hoist. A man inboard the Shangri La pulling on chains, pulls the cofferdam in place. The cofferdam up to the side of Shangri La still bobbing in water. An LCM at right. A man removes a pin from the shackle on a cable which is attached to the cofferdam. An officer at the left smokes a pipe. Men work on the cofferdam as a man in the LCM in the background looks up. A chief secures the shackle to the cable on the cofferdam. The ship's crew welds the cofferdam. A man uses cutting torch.
Members of 3rd Div board LCVP at dock in Naples, Italy during World War II. Officer goes through list of names on document. Troops aboard LCVP. A man stripped to waist looks out.
Decoration and inspection of German troops in Naples, Italy during World War II. German officers inspect German troops on the Russian front. Various views of German troops lined up. Head of German SS (Schutzstaffel) Heinrich Himmler decorates SS men. SS men give the Nazi salute to Himmler.
Activities of British soldiers in Naples, Italy during World War II. A large number of landing crafts at a dock. The soldiers watch the landing crafts. British soldiers march on a wooden walk.
Activities of British soldiers in Naples, Italy during World War II. A German airplane in flight. An anti aircraft gun shell bursts around it. A few landings craft at a beach area. Sappers (British Royal Engineers) sweep the beach for mines using metal detectors. Boogie wheels and track of a tank as it comes off a landing craft into shallow water. Point of view shot from low aerial approach toward a small village area on the beach. A group of Italian soldiers and sailors rest near a building. One soldier holds a child. An M-7 howitzer motor carriage with troops atop it comes off a Landing Craft Tank (LCT) followed by a vehicle. A Landing Ship Tank (LST) approaches the beach. British soldiers at a deck rail.
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