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USAAF bombing oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania, Colonel Johnson receives Medal of Honor (WW2)

United States Army Eighth Air Force, Second Air Division B-24 Liberator bombers bomb oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania, during World War 2. A map depicting a flight path from North Africa to Ploesti and Germany. B-24 Liberator aircraft drop bombs over Ploesti. A group of B-24 Liberator bombers in flight. Aerial view of Ploesti. Machine gun aimed at Ploesti. Aerial view of an oil refinery on fire. A group of B-24 Liberator bombers flying low over Romania. An oil refinery on fire in Ploesti. Clouds of thick smoke covers the bombed oil refinery. Oil refinery tanks on fire. Firemen use hoses to put out fire in oil refinery. German and Romanian men rush to burning oil refinery. German soldier uses firehose to put out flames. B-24 Liberator bombers returning to North Africa. People watch a B-24 Liberator bomber land on airfield. B-24 Liberator bomber taxiing after landing. United States Army men gather in airfield. Colonel Leon W. Johnson of the 44th Bombardment Group being awarded the Medal of Honor for leading the attack on the Ploesti oil fields.

Location: Ploesti Romania
Date: 1944, August 1
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079573
B-24D Liberator “Bomerang” Going-Away party in USAAF Hardwick, East Anglia, UK (WW2)

United States Army Eighth Air Force, Second Air Division celebrate a “Going Away” party for B-24D Liberator “Bomerang” (serial number: #41-23722) (Boomerang) in USAAF Hardwick, East Anglia, United Kingdom during World War 2. B-24 Liberator aircraft named “Bomerang” returns to the United States after completing 53 missions. Graffiti depicting bombs and the word “Ploesti” (referring to the Ploesti oil refinery raid). United States Army soldiers stand in front of a B-24 Liberator with nose art depicting a cartoon kangaroo carrying a bomb in both paws, one held overhead and one held in the kangaroo's pouch and the word “Bomerang”. United States and British pilots gather around a cake in front of B-24 Liberator “Bomerang”. Pilot holding a cake “Bomerang”. A pilot delivers a tribute to B-24 Liberator “Bomerang” in front of a crowd. Crowds cheer after pilot gives his tribute speech. Some pilots are wearing life vests. United States Major General James Pratt Hodges shake hands with pilots. B-24 Liberator “Bomerang” is now covered with written dedications from pilots, maintenance, and combat crews of the “Bomerang”. Men and women write their names, homages, and dedications on the body of B-24 “Bomerang”. B-24 Liberator engines are turned on. “Bomerang”’s pilot, Col. Walter Stewart, looks on. B-24 Liberator “Bomerang” taxiing on the runway on its flight to the United States.

Location: England United Kingdom
Date: 1944, April 17
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079574
United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower receives recognition after World War 2 victories

Allied troops marching in victory on Avenue Champs Elysees, Paris, France. United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower stands with Marshal Charles de Gaulle on a moving car. Eisenhower on a horse-drawn carriage in London, England during VE parade. Eisenhower with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. General Eisenhower is welcomed with a ticker tape parade in New York City after WWII victory. Eisenhower raises his hands victoriously during parade. Eisenhower speaks to the crowd from a podium, saying "New York simply can't do this to a Kansas farmer boy and keep its reputation for sophistication.”

Location: Paris France
Date: 1944
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079798
Troops boarding invasion craft with materiel and transport before the invasion of Sicily (WW2)

United States and Allied invasion craft massed in Bizerte harbor in Tunisia before the invasion of Sicily (WWII). Assault troops are boarding invasion boats. Crates of materiel on the boats. Soldiers receive equipment such as lifebelts on board. Tractor pulls sledges carrying materiel. A DUKW (Duck) 2 ½ -ton amphibious truck boards a boat. A halftrack with an anti-aircraft gun reverses to board the craft. Soldiers pushing a 3 ¼-ton trailer to craft. Men boarding a tank landing ship. Allied invasion craft approach Sicily. United States troops seaborne landing in southern Sicily.

Location: Bizerte Tunisia
Date: 1944, July
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079830
United States Army troops and vehicles seaborne landing, form pontoon bridge in Sicily (WW2)

United States Army engineers lay down matting on the beach during the Allied landing in Sicily (WWII). A “general purpose vehicle” truck moves away from a docked landing craft, moves over matting. A half-track with a 105 mm howitzer moves out of landing craft. Landing crafts unload military vehicles on the beach. Soldiers on top of a moving tank. Trucks parked on the side of a road. Soldiers and vehicles move on the beach. An infantry landing craft docked on the beach. A damaged craft stuck on the beach. Damaged boats, equipment, debris scattered on the beach. Landing craft tilting on the side. United States troops moving on a beachhead, along with artillery pieces, and vehicles. An Army Jeep moves in front of a landing craft. Amphibious vehicles wading to the shore. Soldiers setting up equipment on the beach. Soldiers form pontoon bridges using boats. A tractor pulls a pontoon to the shore. Troops cross the pontoon bridge into the beach. A truck disembarks from pontoon bridge.

Location: Sicily Italy
Date: 1944, July
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079831
Landing boats and Liberty Ships are bombarded by Italian forces in Sicily during the Battle of Gela (WW2)

Italian and German forces strike United States landing boats and Liberty Ships with bombs during the Battle of Gela in Sicily (Operation Husky, WWII). Italian forces attack a United States landing boat with bombs. Landing boat on fire, with its deck full of halftrack and personnel carrier vehicles. Half-tracks and other vehicles on boat are on fire. More bombings near the shore of southern Sicily. The SS Robert Rowan, a Liberty Ship and part of the 2nd Armored Division, caught on fire after being hit by three 500 kg German bombs. Thick black smoke covers the burning Liberty Ship. A dramatic explosion and smoke formation from the SS Robert Rowan. Other soldiers view the burning ship.

Location: Gela Sicily Italy
Date: 1944, July 11
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079832
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