Allied Invasion of Southern France during Operation Dragoon in World War II, 19 August 1944. Wounded soldiers are evacuated to floating ambulances. Enemy troops fire artillery to block Allied advance. Several explosions. Aircraft in flight drop bombs. Tanks advance. Map of Marseilles and Toulon. Wounded soldiers are given first aid and blood transfusion. Prisoners evacuated from combat zone. Prisoners of war exit a gate with sign “36 Div. PN Enclosure”. United States Army General Alexander M. Patch and French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny award soldiers. A medal on soldier’s chest.
Allied Invasion of Southern France during Operation Dragoon of World War II on 29 August 1944. Civilians cheer the arrival of the French troops in Laragne. Allied soldiers enter Grenoble. Aerial view of city. Prisoners of war seated. Czech,Polish and Russian prisoners walk through streets. American troops pass through streets. French FFI round up Nazi sympathizers. 2nd Battalion of the 7th Infantry Regiment 3rd Division fights with Germans and take many prisoners, seen marching through streets of town.
8th cavalry Regiment during the Korean War in Chilgok, South Korea. Two M4 Sherman tanks moving on the road. Soldiers from the 8th Cavalry regiment sit on tank top. Soldiers capture two North Korean prisoners and put them in the jeep and move away. Soldiers gather around the ambulance-jeep and one of the wounded soldiers lying on the stretcher attached to the ambulance- jeep. One South Korean soldier carries another wounded soldier on his shoulder. A captured North Korean prisoner with hands tied behind his back. Camouflaged net is seen on the captured prisoner. Several soldiers gather near the truck and discuss. Soldiers run on roadsides to hide. One soldier lights a cigarette, while others are lying on the ground in attacking position. Some soldiers sit and hide by the stream side.
A newsreel titled 'Natives Welcome Royalty' shows, Basotho tribesmen dance with joy as they prepare to welcome the British Royal family in Basutoland, South Africa. Native South African tribe members ride on horse backs in a procession to welcome the King. In a military parade they escort the Rolls Royce Phantom car of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. A large crowd comprising of Basothos gather to welcome the royal family including Princess Elizabeth.
U.S. Navy carrier planes hit oil fields in the China Sea. A storm in the China Sea. U.S. Navy 3rd fleet carriers on a ship. A diagram shows an arrow on the South China Sea. The fleet moves forward towards Japanese bases. U.S. airplanes bomb Japanese targets. Carrier planes return back to the ship. A plane crash lands on the ship. The pilot of ship is hurt and stuck in the cockpit. The crew runs toward the plane and gets him down. A diagram shows an arrow from the South China sea to IndoChina, Saigon. A tanker is torpedoed by U.S. planes. Bombing on Saigon. An oil reserve on fire. (World War II period).
African American soldiers of U.S. army in South Pacific island during World War II. African American troops of U.S. army perform calisthenics and bayonet practice. African American soldier Joe Louis (famous boxer) goes over obstacle course with other African American soldiers, over ditches and ladders. U.S. landing crafts off the coast of island in the South Pacific. African American soldiers unload supplies from a ship.
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