The Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. Soldiers of the U.S. 2nd Corps advance uphill past a marked mine field. They take up firing positions overlooking a valley, from where they fire rifles and a machine gun. German targets in the valley explode. Heavy white smoke is seen. The troops move through rocky area filled with shrubs and then run across an open field. (World War II period).
The Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy, during World War II. Allied artillery spotter flies over battlefield in a Piper L-4 Grasshopper liaison airplane. Views of the town and mountains. Numerous military vehicles speed along roads in the valley. Smoke rises from shelling of targets in the valley. A soldier looks through binoculars. The Piper L-4 aircraft flies low over the valley, again. View of snow-covered mountain.
Task force formed in Italy for the invasion of Southern France during World War II. A United States destroyer escort lays smoke screen over the sea. Landing crafts underway at dawn in Rend area. Planes in formation.
German fighter aircraft and antiaircraft guns battle against U.S. B-17 B-24 bombers during World War 2. Formation of B-17s in flight. A high altitude formation of U.S. bombers leaving condensation trails. German air defense coordinators in control room give instructions to German and Italian defenders. Antiaircraft gunners fire at Allied bombers. Views of the American B-24 Liberator bomber "Sunshine,"tail number: 42-52106, of the 719th Squadron, 449th Bomb Group of the 15th Air Force, which force-landed with two engines shot out, inside enemy occupied Italy. (After repairing the aircraft, the Germans filmed it with its American crew for propaganda purposes. Those scenes are what appear here.) Artwork is seen on the "Sunshine." The final scenes include gun camera footage of Me-109s firing at B-17s and B-24s.
Maharajah Yadvindra Singh, ruler of Patiala, inspects and greets British Indian troops in Gothic Line area, Italy. He talks to British officers. Soldiers of British Indian troops beet drums and perform a dance in honor of the Maharajah. (World War II period).
United states 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, comprising Americans of Japanese ancestry, marches in formation to be decorated by Lieutenant General Mark Clark, Commander of the 5th Army, at Vada, Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War 2. They march onto a large open field where their color guard dips the regimental colors to which General Clark affixes the unit citation. He and his officer aide then salute and move on decorate an individual soldier of the 100th battalion. General Clark pins the Distinguished Service Cross on the soldier, speaks briefly with him, and shakes hands. They exchange salutes. Closeup of the soldier wearing the Distinguished Service Cross pinned above his combat infantryman's badge. General Clark then speaks to all the soldiers, addressing them as "Americans of Japanese descent,"and praising their performance and patriotism. Views of individual soldiers. Closeups of General Clark as he states that, "The 34th Division is proud of you; the 5th Army is proud of you; America is proud of you."
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