8th Air Force Replacement Center in Stafford, England. Women's Army Corps (WAC) walking in queue with eating utensils. One of the WAC member seen with bugler as others entering in the mess. Various messages stenciled on backs of some of the women's uniforms, including, "Top Kick Lets Go On the Double" and "I dood it". WAC women serving themselves and eating at the tables. Three WAC women cleaning the mess utensils in the garden while one is seen at the window. One at the window talking with the other in the ground and polishing a shoe. WAC marching towards the air force base in uniforms while band is seen in the background. WAC enters the ground and band players are also seen. WAC salutes the senior officers.
Arrival of 5th division infantry in Gourock, Scotland during World War II. Excited infantrymen aboard a Navy tender wave to the people standing at the shore. Infantrymen walk with barrack bags, carrying on their shoulders. Men with bags walk on the stairs and disembark from the troop carrier ship.
American 5th division infantry in Gourock, Scotland. U.S. Army Infantry soldiers with barrack bags walk towards the waiting railroad trains at train station. View of men leaving the harbor and army vehicles in the background. Infantrymen walk toward the baggage cars. Enlisted men throw bags in the cars, while several soldiers get into the train. Women serve beverages to the people in the train. People look out of the train and wave as the train leaves the station.
Gun camera footage of Japanses aircraft being shot down by U.S. fighters and bombers over Wewak airfield in New Guinea Australia. Gun firing and blasting sounds in background. (World War II period).
View of B-25 bombers flying towards Colletta and bombing the roadways there to stop the advance of the German 16th Panzer division toward allied landing parties on the Salerno beach. Bombers dropping bombs over targets below. Destroyed airstrip areas and smoke rising from the targets below. (World War II period).
Army engineers with the help of bulldozers knocking down the trees in Salerno Italy. Men and engineers working with scrapers and bulldozers building new landing field. Army engineers wave at P-38 plane landing on the airstrip 24 hours after construction began. Another P-38 plane lands and hits a water truck, obscured by dust. The aircraft bursts into flame. Men carrying fatally injured persons away from the plane and truck wreckage. Smoke and broken parts of the plane and the vehicle scattered on the airfield. (World War II period).
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