U.S. 3rd Armored Division in Juvigny le Tertre, France during World War II. A soldier comes out of a foxhole, spreads a blanket and arranges equipment after a shell strikes the foxhole.
U.S. 3rd Armored Division in Juvigny le Tertre, France during World War II. Wrecked and bombed town of Juvigny le Tertre. U.S. soldiers search for German snipers. A convoy of trucks moves past bombed buildings. A soldier stands guard at the doorway of a bombed building. The soldiers walk along bombed out buildings.
U.S. 4th Infantry Division in France during World War II. Troops of the 4th Infantry Division prepare and set roadblocks with landmines. A 57 mm anti tank gun crew sets up weapons on a hillside overlooking the main highway. A half truck tows a 57 mm gun into position. The soldiers place the gun into position. They load shells. The barrel of the gun seen between trees.
The United States Army in Paramé near Saint Malo, France during World War 2. Soldiers of the 315th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion set up an 81 mm mortar and fire it. U.S. patrol accompanied by M-4 Sherman tank. Soldier firing Browning automatic rifle. Infantry soldiers make their way through town streets, firing at German troops and snipers shooting at them from buildings. U.S. soldiers provide cover fire against snipers as fellow soldiers advance. U.S. troops kick in door of a building and are seen escorting German prisoners of war with their hands over their heads. A dead German soldier. U.S. medical corpsman treating leg wound of American soldier. U.S. troops assisting the wounded soldier along a street. A cathedral in background.
A U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft approaches a South East Asia Command airfield in Ceylon, in World War 2. As it taxis in after landing, the words: "Uncle Joe's Chariot" can be seen painted below the cockpit window, along with the China-Burma-India Command Insignia. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Joseph Warren Stilwell, AKA Joe (Vinegar) Stilwell, steps from the airplane's rear door carrying a campaign hat in his left hand. He shakes hands with Brigadier General Frank Dow Merrill (of Merrill's Marauders) and other officers. Stilwell (now wearing his campaign hat) converses with Merrill. Together, they walk toward a waiting staff car.
Work of the United Service Organizations (USO) on Bougainville Island during World War II. Soldiers enter a theater. They watch a movie. Soldiers set up a projector system in a camp. Tents in the background. The soldiers dance. An aircraft takes off. Crates of movies unloaded from the aircraft. A soldier sits on a truck. Soldiers come out of a foxhole. A board outside a tent reads 'Bougainville Roxy Theater, tonights feature'. The soldiers enter the tent. Soldiers carrying tables and chairs walk. A soldier gets seated.
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