U.S. Army troops camped among the ruins of the ancient Greek Temple of Hera II (erroneously called the Temple of Neptune) near Paestum, Province of Salerno, Italy during World War II. Clothing of U.S. Army soldiers hanging to dry between pillars of the temple. A soldier smoking a cigarette beside a column of the Second Temple of Hera (Via Magna Graecia, 917, 84047 Capaccio SA, Italy). Views of a bombed out and destroyed rail yard and trains near Paestum Italy. Army trucks including personnel carriers and other vehicles moving on a road. Vehicles cross the narrow bridge at Triflisco over the Volturno River, built by the 343rd Engineers.
First Meeting between British 8th Army and the American 5th Army, 35 miles south of Salerno, on a high mountain road near Agropoli, during World War 2. PR officer from the London Irish Army and War Correspondents meet the U.S. Army's 3rd platoon, 36th Division Recon Cavalry troops. The U.S. Army soldiers wait in jeeps at a bend in the road. When the British group arrives they stop and talk together. Then views of a company of the 504 Abn Infantry on the Via Roma entering Albanella Italy. A half-track personnel carrier is seen followed by several M10 Tank destroyers. from Company C of the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, driving through town on September 14th, 1943. Views of M4 Sherman tanks on the roads of Albanella. (Note: The location where Infantry and tank views was taken has been identified as the intersection of Via Piazzie Chiesa and Via Roma at coordinates: 40 degrees 28' 41.29"N/15 degrees 06' 52.24"E.)
Loading material supply from a freight ship to a DUKW amphibious vehicle in Salerno, Italy. A man drives DUKW near the ship, material from ship lowered to DUKW and it sails away. Buildings on the harbor. DUKW drives on wheels on the shore. It reaches a storage yard where already unloaded material kept in stacks. Boxes offloaded from the DUKW.
A U.S. convoy heads towards Salerno, Italy for its invasion during World War II. A DD (destroyer), an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) and LCs (landing crafts) underway at sea. A LST (Landing Ship Tank) passes. A PT (Patrol Torpedo) boat underway. LCs in the background. APs (transport ships) in the background.
The Fifth United States Army in Salerno, Italy during World War II. Tracers at night. An explosion at night. Fire blazes due to the explosion. Trees in the foreground as the explosion occurs.
The Fifth United States Army in Salerno, Italy during World War II. A bulldozer uproots trees. A grader and a steam roller level the ground for a landing field. Soldiers jump out of a truck. The soldiers with picks work on the landing field strip. A United States Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft lands on the newly constructed field. Soldiers on a side of the strip wave to the pilot of the aircraft as it lands. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning burns after hitting a truck. Soldiers rescue the survivors. Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft land. Smoke from burning aircraft in the background.
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