Houses of Foreign Ambassadors in Washington DC, United States. Home of French Ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand with the French flag on the building. View of the Lafayette Monument (Pennsylvania Ave NW &, 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20001, United States) with bronze statue of Major General Marquis De Lafayette.
Amphibian assault on Oran, Morocco, during Operation Torch, in World War 2. U.S. troops descend rope ladders from Troop ships and enter assault boats. Major General Terry Allen, (Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr.) Commander of the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division, descends rope ladder, followed by his Deputy, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. A Colonel follows them. Views from inside the assault boat carrying them and other officers and soldiers, including some Military Policemen. View from that boat, of troops entering assault boats from a large Attack Transport Ship (APA). A jeep being lowered from the APA to a boat. The assault boat carrying First Infantry Division Commander and staff reaches the beach in Oran, and discharges them onto the beach. There is no opposing force evident.
The Malta "Argonaut" Conference in Malta, United Kingdom during World War II. The Military Chiefs of Britain and the United States,preparing for the Malta Conference, seated at a table in Montgomery House. U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall seated at the table looking at documents. U.S. Army Service Forces Commanding General Brehon Burke Somervell standing beside General Marshall and talking to the General. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Ernest King seated beside General Marshall. United States Air Force General Laurence Sherman Kuter seated with other U.S. and British officers during the conference. British Army Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson and Royal Air Force Marshal Charles Portal seated among the officers. Field Marshal Wilson and an officer coming out of the Auberge de Castille, Valletta , the official headquarters for British delegation for the conference. Officers saluting the Field Marshal. The Field Marshal waiting outside the building with other officers. Chief of the Imperial General Staff Field Marshal Alan Brooke leaving the building with British General Hastings Lionel Ismay. A large crowd of officers and civilians watch the officers climbing down the steps of the building and stepping into a car.
The Rocky Mountains in the United States. A mountain lodge in the Rocky Mountains. A view of the mountains. Old volcanoes in the Sangre de Cristo Range. Winding roads at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
Canadian troops in Giardini, Sant' Alessio Siculo, near Letojanni, Sicily, Italy during World War 2. A banner reads 'Welcome the liberators'. A truck moves down a road. Many trucks loaded with Canadian soldiers pass through a town. Military policeman of Canada wearing white armband, directs truck traffic in center of town. View of ancient Sant' Alessio Siculo Castle on top of hill overlooking the town, in the background. (Castello de Capo Sant'Alessio).
Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) celebrations at Lafayette Park (Pennsylvania Ave NW &, 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20001, United States) in Washington DC, United States during World War II. Civilians walk down the sidewalk. Some of the civilians stand on the sidewalk. Soldiers near a vehicle. People sitting in a garden. Cars parked in the background. People sit near the statue of Lieutenant General Comte de Rochambeau. A man and a woman sitting. People gathered in Lafayette Park.
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