Draftees of U.S. All Volunteer Army in the United States. An enlisted man speaks to the new recuits from the steps of a building. Point of view from near ground level looking up as the drafted men are learning to salute.
Procedures for rotating U.S. airmen from England to the United States for rest and relaxation (R&R) during World War 2. A finance officer (Captain) is seen at 127th Replacement Battalion site in Washington Hall, Chorley, Lancashire, England, He is converting currencies for U.S. Army airmen returning to the United States. Numbers on the helmets of some enlisted men designate their location of stay in the U.S.A. during the leave period. Fliers carry their belongings as they walk to the local train station at Balshaw Lane & Euxton railroad station close to Washington Hall. U.S. Commanding Officer, Colonel William A. Gail stands nearby to see them off. They wave and cheer as they stand on the train platform. A steam locomotive arrives pulling passenger cars. The fliers board and the train pulls away. Some of the men wave from the train windows, and several civilian women wave from the opposite platform. Colonel Gail waves goodbye to them. View of the locomotive drive wheels. View of train speeding along the tracks. Title reads: "Next Stop USA." Aerial view of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor.
U.S. Civilian Public Service camp number 3 (Camp Patapsco, in Elkridge, Maryland), run by the American Friends Service Committee of the Quaker Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A sign reads ‘Civilian Public Service Camp No.3’. Building at the camp. Conscientious objectors who choose public service in lieu of military service, arrive and are checked into the camp. The U.S. flag flutters from a pole. The arriving personnel talks to a man at the entrance. The new arrivals pose.
U.S. Civilian Public Service camp number 3, for conscientious objectors, administered by Quakers of the American Friends Service Committee, in the United States. Camp number 3 is Camp Patapsco, in Elkridge, Maryland. Men use lawn mowers outside the camp buildings. Men work in a garden and over the camp houses. A man uses a mower. A man reads from a book. View of camp houses. Men making roof repairs. New recruits arrive at the camp.
Concrete barges at a harbor in Normandy, France during World War II. Heavy seas break over the concrete barges. Heavy weather at the harbor. Ships anchored at a new harbor. Barrage balloons in the sky.
U.S. 41st Infantry, 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division attack Venon, France during World War II. Tanks advance on a field. Explosions on a field in the background. A soldier is crouched. Civilians look on. The M4 and M4A1 medium tanks roll past burning homes and wreckage. French troops search surrendering German soldiers. The soldiers on the field. Smoke billows up due to explosions. The soldiers on the field talk to a wounded German soldier. A German soldier runs across an open field waving a white shirt in surrender. A soldier atop a new M4A1(76) Sherman tank fires a rifle. A tank fires across the field. A German soldier surrenders to U.S. soldiers.
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