United States Navy Atlantic convoy activities during World War 2. A sailor aboard USS New York (BB-34) waves an orange caution flag at a Navy OS2U Kingfisher float plane waiting to be hoisted aboard the ship. The pilot receives a green flag signal and hoisting operations begin. After being hoisted aboard and secured, the pilot steps from the aircraft and disconnects the hoist sling. Sailors wash down the deck of the ship.
USS Guadalcanal escort carrier captures German U boat-505 while underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. United States Navy TBF Avenger and FM-3 aircraft on the flight deck of USS Guadalcanal with men in the foreground. An FM-3 aircraft turns up on a catapult. Nose of an aircraft with a ship underway in the background. Crew members of captured German U boat -505 walk down the flight deck. A TBF Avenger parked in the foreground. A U.S. sailor walks with a salt water hose. He sprays water on the crew of the U boat as they bathe.
The National Conference of Christians and Jews presents a citation to Chier Justice Charles Evans Hughes at a ceremony in Washington D.C., United States. Hughes speaks after receiving the award. He says: "Rancor and bigotry, racial animosities and intolerance are the deadly enemies of true democracy. There can be no friendly cooperation if they exist. They are enemies more dangerous than any external force, for they undermine the very foundations of our democratic effort."
The German invasion of France during World War II. German soldiers advance in an area. Damaged equipment on a field. Allied paratroopers being taken as prisoners. Prisoners being made to march. A landing field where a number of aircraft were strafed. A wrecked United States Army Air Force transport aircraft. Interiors of a damaged aircraft. German soldiers in a jeep on a field. An arm insignia of a prisoner reads ' 1st Canadian parachute battalion'. The prisoners being questioned by German officers.
' A Fifth Army report from beachhead' about United States amphibious ladings in Anzio, Italy during World War II. A U.S. convoy in Naples Harbor. U.S. 5th Army supply trucks and equipment leave for Anzio. Soldiers loaded in trucks. An invasion fleet in the harbor. Equipment and troops being loaded onto vessels. LSTs ( Landing Ship Tanks) underway for Anzio. Barrage balloons in flight over the convoy. Troops and equipment aboard a ship. Soldiers aboard the vessels. A captain checks a navigational compass. Officers look at a map. A soldier carries a dog. Naval guns being fired at German airplanes during an air raid. Bombs explode in water. U.S. 5th Army equipment being unloaded from the vessels at a beach in Anzio.
United States 5th Army's invasion of Anzio, Italy during World War II. 5th Army soldiers on landing crafts at a beach. The soldiers unload supplies at the beach. Equipment bing unloaded at a portable dock. Burning American ships in a harbor. Smoke rises from strafed ships. 5th Army troops in the town of Anzio after occupying it. German fighter airplanes attack the area. Anti aircraft guns being fired at the German aircraft. A German ME-109 aircraft being shot down. A U.S. Army truck burns in a street. A DUKW ( amphibious truck) on fire. It is towed out of a congested supply area to prevent the fire from spreading across other equipment. Wreckage of a burnt U.S. Army truck.
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