United States troops cross a stream in New Guinea during World War II. United States soldiers get into a rubber raft and pull themselves across a stream. Engineers put logs of wood in the stream as they construct a wooden bridge. The engineers carry wooden logs towards the stream. The soldiers cross the wooden bridge.
African American colleges in the United States during World War II. College curricula adjusts to war needs as they prepare students for various military and civilian occupations. A statue of Booker T. Washington. Tuskegee Institute campus in Alabama. African American United States Army Air Force pilots being trained at the institute (Tuskegee Airmen). An aircraft takes off. Airmen in a class. Students being trained for jobs in an aviation plant. Scientists and technicians in a laboratory as they conduct research on the science of nutrition. They work to get alcohol from agricultural products like potato. Women learn automotive maintenance skills to take up jobs during the war time.
United States aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) being attacked by a Japanese bomber in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A United States convoy underway in the Pacific off the coast of Japan. A naval gun being fired and smoke rises. A Japanese aircraft explodes in mid air and spins as it tumbles toward the ocean. Flak bursts in the air. A Japanese dive bomber descends and drops bombs over USS Franklin. Huge explosions and smoke rises from the ship. Crew aboard the ship fight fire as they spray water from hoses. Chaplain Father Joseph O'Callahan prays over a mortally wounded sailor. Injured being transferred onto another ship. A dead American sailor. Rescue ships take away wounded. Smoke rises from the ship. Sailors being transferred onto another ship and the ship pulls away.
United States Forces in Iceland during World War II. A United States convoy of ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Iceland. The deck of a ship as water washes over it. Other ships of the convoy underway at sea. The U.S. flag aboard a ship. Men at a dock. Field ration crates being loaded onto trucks. Soldiers lined up as officers review troops. Soldiers and sailors milling about on the streets in a town of Iceland. An aircraft lands at an air base. U.S. soldiers rush as an air raid alarm is sounded. The soldiers loaded in vehicles as they pull away. The soldiers at an anti aircraft gun. A soldier speaks over a radio. Aircraft in formation flight.
German U-boats surrender to United States Forces in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Wrecked submarines and ships at a ship yard. Prefabricated submarines at Raymond shipyard in Bremen, Germany. German submarine U-858 underway towards Cape May, New Jersey after its crew surrendered to United States officers in the Atlantic Ocean. Men on the deck of the U boat while underway at sea. Men at a dock. Another U boat U-805 being brought to Portsmouth, New Hampshire after it surrendered to the Americans. Crew of the U boat before being taken to the Portsmouth Naval Prison. The captain of the German U boat.
United States troops and equipment in Italy during World War II. United States soldiers carrying rifles march along an area. Smoke rises due to artillery fire. A railway track. A tank gun at the rail track fires. German prisoners march past a knocked out Italian armoured vehicle. Prisoners load into a truck.
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