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B-17s land to evacuate Allied POWs during (Operation Gunn, WWII)
15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. Evacuation of 1,161 Allied prisoners of war (POWs) from Popesti Airfield, near Bucharest, Romania. Captured Allied prisoners of war cheering at the arrival of a United States bomber at Popesti Airfield. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber landing at Popesti Airfield. The first group of prisoners of war board the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber departs Popesti Airfield after the first group of POWs boarded the aircraft. Another group of POWs approach a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. Fighter escorts circle above Popesti airfield as POWs board bombers to San Giovanni Airfield (Bari), Italy. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber takes off from Popesti Airfield. A prisoner of war wearing a German admiral’s cap and other men waving at the camera during evacuation. Some POWs are holding souvenir handguns as they board the bomber. Soviet soldiers on horseback watch departing Allied POWs’ evacuation. Allied prisoners of war speak to a Soviet soldier. “Germans kaput” says the narrator, pertaining to the only words both Soviet and Allied troops mutually understand.
B-17 bombers depart Popesti Airfield during evacuation of Allied prisoners of war (WW2)
United States Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers depart from Popesti Airfield during 15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) during World War II. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber taxiing in the airfield. A B-17 Flying Fortress bomber starts its engines. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber takes off from the airfield. A group of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in flight heading to Italy. Men viewing the sky from the gun turret.
Prisoners of war join the Italian Service Units engineers in the United States (WWII)
Italian prisoners of war (POWs) volunteer for the Italian Service Units, as part of the Engineers Corps. in the United States during World War II. Italian POWs take an outdoor basic English class at a camp in North Carolina. A United States soldier serves as their teacher. Blackboard is written with “English Ciao”. A prisoner of war writes on the portable blackboard. Italian Service Units part of the U.S. Engineers Corps raise their hands. A prisoner of war volunteer salutes and shake hands with a United States Engineers Corps officer. ISUs are wearing American uniforms with the Italian Service Unit insignia (“Italy”) on brassard worn on the left sleeve and stitched onto the standard garrison cap. An Italian Service Unit volunteer uses a jackhammer to crush a block of stone. Two volunteers sawing a log. Other volunteers learn carpentry. Italian Service Units marching and stand at attention on the field inside a camp.
Jewish refugees are escorted out of the Haganah Immigration ship Haim Arlozorov
The British Navy captures a Haganah immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, in Palestine. The immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, off the coast of Bat-Galim, Haifa with 1378 Jewish refugees from Italy and Sweden. The Haim Arlozorov (also formerly the USCGC Unalga (WPG-53) after running aground seen from beach as British soldiers patrol nearby. Some civilians watch the refugee ship near the coast. Jewish immigrants crowd the deck of the Haim Arlozorov. British navy men form a human shield on the deck. Sign in English and Hebrew reads “Haim Arlozorov”. Medics carry a woman on a stretcher. An injured Jewish man with splint is escorted out of the ship. British navy personnel escort Jewish refugees out of the ship. Jewish refugees, mostly female refugees, on the coast of Bat-Galim.
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) recruits attend class, examine maps (WW2)
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Mediterranean training center in Cairo, Egypt at the Villa Abaza during World War 2. A car pulls in front of the building. OSS agents and radiomen in training attend a class. An instructor shows a large map of the Balkan region. Another professor points to a map of Italy. A trainee answers the professor. Trainees examine a map together. OSS trainees study land surveying outdoors.
Prominent guests pay their respects during the funeral of István Horthy in Budapest, Hungary (WW2)
The funeral of István Horthy, son of Hungarian Regent Admiral Miklós Horthy and World War II fighter pilot. View of the dome of the Hungarian Parliament Building (Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 1-3, 1055 Hungary) in Budapest. Pallbearers carry the coffin of István Horthy from a gun carriage. Sign bearing the name and coat of arms of István Horthy. Funeral procession of István Horthy. The coffin is taken inside the Hungarian Parliament Building. Banners with the Swastika, 'Adolf Hitler' and 'Benito Mussolini' in the flower arrangements. Prominent guests from Axis nations pay respects during the funeral. Nazi Germany Minister of Foreign Affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop and Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring attend the funeral in Budapest. Officers perform the Nazi salute. Men bring in a large funeral wreath with a royal monogram “VE” (Victor Emmanuel II of Italy). Count Gian Galeazzo Ciano conte di Cortellazzo, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, attend the funeral. Guests gather around the casket and the flower arrangements and honors for István Horthy. A military funeral parade with the coffin of István Horthy carried on a cannon carriage. Two women with their heads completely covered with black veil (probably Magdolna Purgly, wife of Admiral Miklós Horthy and Countess Ilona Edelsheim-Gyulai, widow of István Horthy) accompany Admiral Miklós Horthy as he trails behind the cannon carriage. A black flag on top of a building.
