Activities of USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group in Sicily, Italy during World War II. Empty fuel barrels piled up. U.S. Army fuel trucks are fueled in the background. U.S. airmen open fuel barrels and fuel jerricans. Fuel barrels fall from a truck. Bombs unloaded from an airplane. Airmen smoke cigarettes and have grapes.
War damage in Sicily, Italy after bombings of USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group during World War II. U.S. soldiers inspect a wrecked German airplane on a captured Italian airfield. A soldier shows the picture of a German pilot. The soldiers examine the wreckage of a German airplane. A damaged hangar shows wreckage of airplanes. A picture of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes bomb Sicily, Italy during World War II. Aerial view of Sicily. Smoke billows up from explosions done by USAAF A-36 Invader bombers. An aircraft strafes roads.
Airfield damage in Sicily, Italy, from Allied "Operation Husky" and associated bombings by USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes during World War II. A U.S. soldier inspects wreckage of enemy airplanes on captured Fontanarossa Airport, Catania, Sicily. Wrecked aircraft include: Fiat G 50 fighter bomber from 378° squadriglia; A Macchi 202, Breda built XII sr AS belonging to 91° squadriglia, 10° gruppo, 4° stormo ct. (The 91° squadriglia was commanded by ten. Mecatti. 4° stormo ct was based in three airstrips in the "Piana di Catania" and fought fiercely and bravely against Allied air offensive just before and during "Operation Husky.") U.S.soldier removes long ammunition belt from an airplane. The soldiers inspect airplanes in a hangar,One of the German fighter planes in the hangar has a painted picture of "Minnie Mouse", riding atop a bomb, and wielding a battle axe. Close up of the picture is shown.
The U.S. Army secures Enewetak Island in the Marshall Islands during World War II. A shoreline as seen from a vessel off the coast of Enewetak. United States Task Force including LCTs (Landing Craft Tank), LCs (Landing Crafts) and APs (transports) underway.
United States Vice President Richard Nixon and Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay visit Corregidor Island, Philippines. Nixon and Magsaysay exit from Jeeps. They inspect a 12-inch coastal defense gun mounted on a rotating barbette carriage. President Magsaysay and Nixon speaks to a military official. U.S. Vice President's wife Patricia Nixon is accompanied by President Magsaysay’s wife, First Lady Luz Magsaysay.
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