German troops in Berlin Germany during World War II, serving as the Berlin guard. View of their commanding officer, Major Otto Ernst Remer. Soldiers standing in formation. Buildings in the background. Major Remer instructing the soldiers. The soldiers march holding rifles and pass in review as Major Remer salutes them with a Nazi salute. The Berlin Guard soldiers marching with the Brandenburg Gate in the background.
Battle between American and German troops on the Western Front during World War II. German SS General Sepp Dietrich confers with officers at the front line. German troops on bicycles are given newspapers which point to Eisenhower campaign. Sign in German, "feindeinsicht wirble keinen staub auf sonst kriegst du eins aufs dach draue" warns of keeping dust down to avoid detection by enemy. Soldiers marching on the battlefield. German troops move through woods, fire rocket launchers, flame throwers and hand grenades during an attack on American tanks after signal from officer firing signal flare. German soldier camouflages helmet with a fern branch. Smoke rises from firing and bombardment on the battlefield. American tanks passing through an opening in a wooded sector. German troops engage in a battle and knock out several American Sherman tanks firing Panzerschreck and deploying a Goliath tracked mine, or beetle tank (or German robot tank). U.S. prisoners of war are taken by the Germans. View of captured U.S. prisoners. Some prisoners cover their faces.
U.S. Secretary of War Henry Lewis Stimson in his office in Washington during World War II. Stimson seated at his desk. He holds a document.
At the start of an air show in Spokane, Washington, during World War 2, a U.S..Army Air Force Colonel introduces Brigadier General James G. Parker, Commanding General of the 4th Air Force, headquartered in San Francisco. General Parker says a few words of greeting. People applaud. The Colonel then introduces Air Force Brigadier General Dale V. Gaffney, Commanding General of the Alaska Wing, Air Transport Command. He also says a few words. Then, (sound only) the Colonel introduces a Major, from Spokane, who had survived the Bataan Death March and also successfully escaped from a Japanese prison camp.
Army Air Force Major Samuel Grashio speaks prior to an air show in Spokane, Washington, during World War 2. He is from Spokane, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, and had successfully escaped from a Japanese prison camp. The Major begins to describe his experiences during the fall of Corregidor and Bataan, during the Japanese invasion at the start of World War II in the Pacific. Unfortunately, the sound stops (purposely ?) as he gets into the details of his story.
U.S. Army Air Force air show in Spokane, Washington. Formation of three U.S. L-6s flying directly over crowd. Formation of three A-25s coming in and flying low across in front of the crowd. Two A-25s collide in mid-air and breakup in pieces. One A-25 hits ground and explodes. Other A-25 falls close by, explodes when it hits ground. Burning area where aircraft crashed. Large clouds of black smoke rise from the area. Air Force crew members killed in this tragedy were: Capt Ford K. Sayre, Lt. George Chrep, Lt. William R. Scott, and Sgt. Joseph M. Revinskas.
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