U.S. troops in Salerno, Italy during World War II. A soldier looks at a damaged monument. Two U.S. soldiers smoke cigarettes standing on a field. Troops stand on a pier. Vessels in the background. A soldier near a wrecked German aircraft on a beach. Smoke columns rise from a burning vessel.
The Allied invasion force off Salerno, Italy during World War II. Cargo vessels and destroyers in a convoy. Smoke comes out of smoke stacks of a vessel.
The Allies forces in Salerno, Italy during World War II. A line of German and Italian prisoners. 2.5 ton cargo trucks and DUKWs roll along a dusty road. Landing Craft Tanks, Landing Ship Tanks and Landing Ship Medium on a beach. Men and equipment are unloaded. DUKWs and a small landing craft alongside a cargo vessel as supplies are unloaded.
A U.S. invasion force off the shore of Salerno, Italy during World War II. A destroyer approaches a beach. A sailor on the destroyer. A signal light in the foreground. Landing Crafts loaded with soldiers approach the beach.
Opening scene shows the USS Savannah (CL 42), on 11 September, 1943, after being struck by a German remotely controlled glider bomb released from a high flying German aircraft, She was supporting Allied amphibious operations at Salerno, Italy, in World War 2. Next, after fires were put out and smoke cleared, The disabled Savannah is seen sitting low in the water, making way slowly, among other Naval Task force ships in the background. (She made way to Malta under her own steam for emergency repairs.) Views of the Savannah passing as she heads for Malta. A Fletcher class destroyer fires her naval guns at the shore. Attack transports and other support ships are seen nearby. More views of support ships, including the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26). A barrage balloon seen above the convoy in some scenes. Sailors manning a Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun aboard a U.S. warship. A British Escort Carrier with number 337 on her bow. Sailors with a Oerlikon 20 mm cannon aboard a warship. The British Escort Carrier seen earlier, (with number 337 on her bow) passes the camera ship. Aircraft are seen on her flight deck. A Navy warship firing 40mm Bofors and 5-inch guns as it lays down a smoke screen.
A U.S. invasion force off the shore of Salerno, Italy during World War II. A sun set. A convoy at sea during the sun set. A landing craft nearby.
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