Armed African American U.S. Army soldiers of the 1st lnfantry Battalion, 376th CD, 92nd Division walking through the town of Massa, Italy during World War 2. An African American soldier guards and escorts a young 14 year old German boy soldier for interrogation by an officer of the 370th Infantry. African American soldiers lining both sides of street in Italian village. An elderly Italian civilian man stands beside a young Italian girl watching the procession of soldiers. Close up of two African American soldiers seated on embankment, talking. They have ammunition boxes beside them.
Smoke rising from bombings in the town of Massa, Italy during World War 2. Smoke rising from Allied bombings of German positions in the mountains surrounding Massa, Italy. Smoke rises around damaged buildings.
American soldiers walking in front of a jeep. U.S. troops walking past damaged fences and buildings with mountains visible in the distance. Army troops walking next to trees with two jeeps traveling behind marching soldiers. African American soldier driving a Jeep and another Jeep traveling through trees in the background. Troops walking past a building with extensive bombing damage. Soldiers walking amid rubble.
U.S. Army soldiers walking on a road next to rubble and buildings in Querceta, Italy, in World War 2. US army troops walking next to a damaged wall with mountains in the distance. Troops walking near a damaged building. Two Jeeps traveling quickly under power lines, passing soldiers going the other way. Soldiers walking in a line, seen from across a field.
A few M5 Stuart light tanks, some operated by African American soldiers, drive down a dusty road in Querceta, Italy, during World War 2. They move quickly, kicking up dust while smaller vehicles travel the other direction. One tank is stopped on the side of the road. Now looking the other direction on the road, a fourth tank and a small jeep travel past some rubble and a sign saying "Querceta." A larger transport truck passes them coming towards the camera. Next is a closeup shot of the drivers of another tank passing by. Six men, one of them African American, speak in a group in front of an M4 Sherman tank. Two more men sit on top of this tank, surrounded by rubble and taller buildings. U.S. Army troops grouped up move out of the way as a jeep comes into view.
Clip starts with a closeup shot of the red cross symbol on the side of a medical transport vehicle. Then it switches to a shot of a few U.S. Marines stepping onto a bus, while one woman (possibly Kendeigh) and a few other soldiers stand on the porch of a building beside the bus. Injured Marines on stretchers are seen being carried to a Douglas R4D transport aircraft, before a closeup shot of more soldiers on stretchers lying on the ground. Then Jane Kendeigh, the first Navy flight nurse to land in an active Pacific combat zone, is seen speaking to one of the men on the ground. A few soldiers are seen being moved into another R4D transport plane, with Kendeigh watching. Then, a closeup shot of Kendeigh and another Marine examining something on a clipboard, before another stretcher is loaded onto the plane. Kendeigh is seen inside the airplane, speaking to a few of the men, some sitting and some wounded lying on beds or stretchers. Finally, a closeup of one soldier, appearing to be asleep.
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