Invasion of North Africa during World War 2. Door of a large landing ship opens and settles to ground on shore of North Africa. U.S. infantry file out of the ship onto rocky shore and proceed to climb steep road upward towards high ground above. A landing ship tank (LST) opens its doors and U.S. Army vehicles drive out, including trucks, jeeps (one needing a push) and half tracks.
Invasion of North Africa during World War 2. Two American soldiers converse and smoke cigarettes. Several U.S. soldiers socialize with several locals in Morocco. One of the Moroccans plays an accordion.
Invasion of North Africa during World War 2. A torn red Moroccan flag flies from a ship. Twin 5 inch naval guns being fired from an Allied warship in a Moroccan port. Barrage balloon seen aloft. Semaphore signalling from bridge of a ship. British Naval Ensign and U.S. flag appear to be flying from the same ship. A supply convoy underway with destroyer escorts.
An Allied supply convoy underway during the Allied invasion of North Africa, in World War 2.. Free French sailors and officers aboard their warship in the convoy. An officer with binoculars surveys the coast. Survey of the surroundings with binoculars by people on the deck. A naval officer surveys the sky using binoculars. An officer on phone looks at the navigational chart and uses the compass. The officer marks on the chart.
Wrecked and sunken ships and bodies of U.S. Army/Navy Scouts and Raiders who lost their lives during the Operation Torch invasion of North Africa, in World War 2. A wrecked supply ship aground in the surf. Bodies of two dead U.S. frogmen (Army/Navy Scouts and Raiders) in rubber suits with breathing apparatus. An inflated rubber raft nearby on the shore. Another red rubber boat further inland. Two destroyers sunk in shallow water.
U.S. landing craft underway during Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, in World War 2. Sailors manning antiaircraft gun positions. Sailors off duty relaxing. Two play guitars and others sing along with them, on the deck. A turret with twin 5 inch guns rotates. The El Hank lighthouse at Casablanca, Morocco. A red Moroccan flag fluttering in the breeze. A loaded landing craft displaying the number, 381, on its bow.
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