Landing Craft Infantry reach a beach in Normandy, France on D-Day during World War 2. The troops exit through the cargo hatch of USS Samuel Chase AP by a cargo net along the side of the ship. APs in transport area. Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel in foreground. Landing Crafts Tank stand. Landing Crafts Infantry underway. Landing Crafts Tank in background. A heavily loaded Landing Craft Tank underway. Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel underway to beach. Superstructure of USS Samuel Chase AP. Men on deck.
Several landing craft mechanized (LCM) outbound from shore. One has USSM 536 painted on bow. U.S. Coast Guard officers and men seen on bridge of a Landing Craft Infantry (Large). American soldiers strapped in and resting on top of cargo and jeep in LCM. Several resupply task force ships underway, with Barrage balloon overhead. Large Landing Craft Infantry, USS LCI(L)-522, headed for shore. (There is no noticeable combat because this is resupply and reinforcement activity on June 25th, after the Normandy beachhead was established.)
A United States patrol searches for snipers in Tremensuoli, Italy. The patrol carefully advances through woods and across a field to flank a farmhouse. Soldiers creep across the field and approach the farmhouse. One soldier advances and throws a grenade in the house. It explodes and the patrol dashes in. The patrol in the streets searches for snipers and observes. A grenade explodes. (World War II period).
A United States patrol builds a gun emplacement in Italy. Soldiers put sand into bags to build a sand bag emplacement around a camouflaged 8 inch howitzer. A soldier checks the breech of the gun. They cover the gun with a camouflage net. Soldiers load the gun while an officer gets firing data over a phone. (World War II period).
A V-2 rocket attack on Antwerp, Belgium. Boats underway from Antwerp to Viersel. Buildings in the background. Ships sink in the harbor at Antwerp. A bridge across a ship channel. (World War II period).
A V-2 rocket attack on Antwerp, Belgium. Smoke from chimneys of factories in the background. A boat moves across a waterway. A bridge over the waterway. Men at work on the bridge. Buildings in the background. (World War II period).
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