The invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines on a tank fire rifles. The marines fire at the Japanese in caves. U.S. Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr in a jeep. William Frederick Halsey along with William Henry Rupertus a Major General in the United States Marine Corps and Julian Constable Smith a United States Marine Corp enter a damaged building.
Pre-invasion activities of United States Army Rangers (2nd Battalion) in Weymouth, England during World War 2. The Rangers eating doughnuts (donuts) and drinking coffee. They march along Weymouth Esplanade to an embarkation area. Royal Hotel Weymouth and St. John's Church seen in the background. They are checked as they move past the pier. The rangers get into British Landing Craft Assault (LCA) at the pier. (The officer seen with a white bar on front of his M1 helmet, is First Lieutenant Robert T. Edlin, who was the first American soldier to board a Landing craft at Weymouth for the Invasion of Europe.) LCAs underway at harbor en route to a transport. An LCA filled with troops.
Pre invasion activities of United States Rangers in Weymouth, England just prior to the Normandy invasion. A Landing Craft Assault (LCA) is suspended on davits from the deck of the British Landing Ship, Infantry (LSI), HMS Prince Baudouin, and lowered to the deck level where U.S. soldiers board the craft. U.S. Rangers board LCAs at a pier. A Landing Craft Infantry in the background. HMS Prince Baudouin anchored at sea. LCAs alongside the ship. (World War II period).
Pre invasion activities of the United States Army Rangers in Weymouth, England. Officers of the United States Army Rangers eat in a Royal Navy galley. A group of soldiers plays cards on a transport deck. A British Landing Craft Assault (LCA) tied up at a pier. Several LCAs from the Landing Ship, Infantry (LSI) HMS Prince Charles move out towards a bay in the background. An LCA filled with troops. (World War II period).
Naval activities in the English Channel during World War II. U.S. soldiers carry dead on litters along a dock area. Ambulances in the foreground. The bodies of the dead on a warship. The dead and wounded are carried ashore. Legs of a dead soldier visible in an ambulance. The soldiers near the ambulances.
Naval activities in the English Channel during World War II. Ambulances in a dock area. A warship carrying soldiers arrives at the shore. U.S. soldiers load the wounded soldiers into the ambulances. The soldiers carry dead on litters.
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