A United States invasion convoy off the coast of Salerno, Italy during World War II. An oiler AP (transport ship) anchored. DD (destroyers) and APs underway. 40mm gun fires from the ship.
A United States invasion convoy off the coast of Salerno, Italy during World War II. Smoke rises from Salerno shore. A DD (destroyer) underway fires. Flak in the sky. A U.S. soldier aboard a ship looks through binoculars.
A United States invasion convoy off the coast of Salerno, Italy during World War II. Two DDs (destroyers) underway at sea. Flak in the sky.
A United States invasion convoy off the coast of Salerno, Italy during World War II. Smoke rises from Salerno in the background. A DD (destroyer) underway. A PT (Patrol Torpedo) boat heads for a beach. The DD fires a 5 inch gun.
U.S. troops prepare to embark for the United States from France at the conclusion of their service in Europe during World War II, but before the end of the war, so it is regarded as a 30 day furlough. Soldiers stand in line and receive awards and recognitions for their service. The troops go through a chow line and eat food. Soldiers march and smiling U.S. Army soldiers board waiting trucks. The soldiers carry barracks bags as they board troop transport ships, embarking on the voyage back to America. Narrator notes that they will still be needed to help in the fight against the Japanese.
A glimpse of two U.S. Navy Captains exiting a dark alley, somewhere in France right after World War 1. Scene shifts to U.S. Admiral William S. Benson, the first Chief of Naval Operations, posing with Vice Admiral William S.Sims, Commander of all U.S. Naval forces in Europe. Several French men watch from inside an alley in the background. The two admirals turn to enter the building in the background. Next, a U.S. Navy Captain is seen standing on deck of a ship alongside another officer. Two American Naval officers smile and converse at a waterfront, in the United States. One is dressed in work overalls.A workman sits behind them in a shack that has a hand-scrawled message on the door reading:""No Smoking Allowed in here." Complete change of scene shows a line of young U.S. Naval officers replete with swords, entering a large brick Georgian revival building by way of a stairway at a side door. It appears they are entering an auditorium. What looks like a 1918 Phaeton car is parked at the curb outside. The officers number in the dozens. Another change of scene shows closeup of a an unidentified, relatively young, clean shaven, U.S. Naval Rear Admiral, posing in front of a stone wall behind which the tops of several widely separated buildings are seen. He removes his hat.
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