Soldiers of U.S. 4th Division, 8th Infantry, 3rd Battalion at the Marigny Front in Normandy, France during World War II. The soldiers and army vehicles move along a dirt road. U.S. bombers fly over the area. The soldiers atop a tank watch the U.S. bombers in the sky. A camouflaged tank and a truck along the road.
U.S. 4th Division, 8th Infantry, 3rd Battalion at the Marigny Front in Normandy, France during World War II. Soldiers and army vehicles move past a damaged building. Commander of U.S. 4th Infantry Division Major General Raymond O. Barton at a crossroad on the front line speaks to an infantryman and a jeep driver.
U.S. infantrymen advance in Saint Lo, Normandy, France during World War II. Opening slate calls this subject "Big Push," referring to the Allied offensive to break out of the Normandy beachhead and push inland, during World War 2. (It's official name was "Operation Cobra.") An M4 sherman tank followed by a jeep, pass the camera. Another jeep passes in the opposite direction. Next, are seen a Sherman tank and two 3-inch Gun Motor Carriages,M10, loaded with sandbags and displaying aerial recognition panels on their tops. U.S. infantrymen move cautiously in brush at side of the dirt road, as more armor passes. A soldier positions his aerial recognition panel in place on his jeep. (These were fluorescent panels to prevent friendly fire from Allied aircraft.)
U.S. infantrymen in Saint Lo, Normandy, France during World War II. The infantrymen look up as U.S. bombers fly overhead. A U.S. soldier runs after a piece of tinfoil which has dropped from an airplane. Soldiers look through binoculars.
American officers aboard a cruiser in France during World War II. Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces General Dwight Eisenhower, Chief of Staff of the United States Army George Marshal, U.S. Army Air Force General Henry Arnold and U.S. Fleet Admiral Ernest King on bridge of cruiser. Generals in dukw (six wheel drive amphibious truck). U.S. troops and jeeps along road. General Eisenhower and General Arnold get into a jeep. Jeep passes through damaged French village
U.S. Generals in France during World War II. U.S. C-47 Skytrain transport plane taxis down field. C-47 on field with crowd of soldiers around. U.S. General Omar Bradley, Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces General Dwight Eisenhower, and Chief of Staff of the United States Army General George Marshal get out of C-47 and talk together. General Marshal talks to a soldier. General Eisenhower, General Marshal, and U.S. Fleet Admiral Ernest King pull away in command car. Jeep passes through a French town. Generals walk along a field. General Marshal washes face outside a tent.
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