Aerial bombardment of Vietcong positions during the Vietnam War by a B-52 bomber aircraft. Explosions and smoke pillars rise from jungle bomb target sites. United States Air Force aircraft bursts into flames mid-air and pilot is seen having ejected successfully from the aircraft. U.S. Air Force Sikorsky HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant air rescue helicopter searches the jungle crash site. Air rescue helicopter pilot looking down and talking. A rescuer is lowered down from helicopter. A downed Air Force pilot is rescued by helicopter team. Rescued U.S. Air Force pilot relieved after rescue.
United States Army troops landing on beaches in the Pacific during World War II. An LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) carrying troops approach an island. A tracked vehicle carrying U.S. soldiers and supplies wade towards the beach of Saipan. Injured casualties lie on stretchers on the floor. An injured soldier is being carried to an aircraft for evacuation to Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. Recovered soldiers board an aircraft bound for Saipan. A Curtiss C-46 Commando transport plane takes off from Kwajalein airfield. Saipan airfield and surrounding areas show extensive damage after Japanese surrender. Engineers repair a hangar and airstrip on Saipan. Abandoned and damaged Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters in Saipan. A pile of destroyed Japanese aircraft in airfield. Damaged engine of a Mitsubishi Zero. Machines and conveyers mixing and transporting cement for airfield repair. A bulldozer clearing debris. A soldier hammering. Marston Mats laid down on newly repaired Saipan airfield. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft lands in Saipan.
A long line of wrecked German Army vehicles seen near Chambois, France, during the Battle of Chambois in World War II. Debris and supplies are seen scattered in the forest near the abandoned vehicles. United States Army soldiers inspect items left in the vehicles. An injured German soldier is escorted by U.S. soldiers. An Allied soldier walking past burned cars on the road.
Two men in a row boat in Italy harbor. Italian passenger/cargo ship SS Taurinia (ex Vilarosa) docks in harbor. Sailor mooring the SS Taurinia. Italian ship captain gives orders. A tattered Italian Navy flag behind the captain. Ship workers uncover ship's hold. Sailors working on deck. A mustached Italian sailor operates a crane unloading bales of cotton and other goods. An Italian sailor smiles. Marshall Plan shipment from the United States is unloaded from SS Taurinia post World War II.
United States Army 7th Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber “Hay Maker” (Serial Number 44-40729) takes off from Angaur airfield, Palau during World War II. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber with a black cow nose art takes off from the same airfield. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber “Shack Bunny” (Serial number: 44-40759) taking off from runway.
United States Army Air Force airmen pose in front of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Pious Plunderer” in Palau during World War II. Nose art depicts a woman dressed as a pirate. “Uncle Rafe” is also seen written on the upper left side of the nose art. The soldiers and mechanics smile as they pose in front of the bomber. Airmen inspect damage on the Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Pious Plunderer”.
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