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Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean as a U.S. Coast Guard officer looks through binoculars during World War II.
Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. A signal man takes signals out of a flag bag. An LST ( Landing Ship Tank ) convoy underway with the bow of an LST in the foreground. Two officers on the deck of the LST. A man looks through a pair of binoculars. A British LCI ( Landing Craft Infantry ) underway at sea. Men on the bridge of a Coast Guard patrol boat. The flag of the U.S. flies from the mast of a patrol boat with a radar in the background. A Coast Guard officer on the bridge of the patrol boat looks through a pair of binoculars. A Task Force underway in the Atlantic with the bow of a patrol boat in the foreground. British patrol boats tied up alongside a ship with a Coast Guard cutter. The Coast Guard patrol boat and a British patrol boat tied up. A patrol boat getting underway with a cargo ship in the background. An LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel ) in the foreground.
U.S. Coast Guardsmen aboard a transport ship prepare to lower an LCM while underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.
Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. The barrel of an open 5 inch 38 caliber mount. A man in a foul weather gear on a lookout in the foreground. A man works on a blinker light. A transport ship underway in the background. A boat crew readies an LCM ( Landing Craft Mechanized ). Gears of a winch in operation. A U.S. Coat Guard Lieutenant in a blue uniform and a garrison cap with two men on the deck of the ship. An anchor chain comes up. A hawsepipe as a stream of water goes down and washes the chain. Coast Guardsmen on the deck of a transport ship as they get ready to lower a gangway. Coast Guardsmen make a splice in a line.
U.S. marines and equipment load into boats during Amphibious assault training at Camp Pendleton, California, in World War 2
Amphibious assault training during World War II. A crewman operates the controls of a winch aboard USS Callaway (APA-35) in the Pacific off Camp Pendleton, California. Two MZ radio jeeps are lowered into a hold. A Higgins Boat, LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel ) number PA35-15 is seen leaving the ship loaded with U.S. Marines. Marines climb down landing nets over the side of the ship and board more Higgins boats. Boats number PA35-12 and PA35-11 are seen filled with Marines heading towards the beach.
The first U.S. C-47 aircraft (and its crew) to drop Pathfinder Paratroopers on D-day eve in World War II.
U.S. Army Air Forces C-47aircraft , number 42-93098, of the 9th Troop Carrier Command Pathfinder Group, and its crew. This is the first aircraft and crew to drop American paratroopers (pathfinders) over France during the Allied invasion, in World War 2. The aircraft taxis on a British airfield. Crew of the aircraft are seen in front of it, including pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Joel Crouch, Copilot, Captain Vito Pedone, Navigator, Captain William Culp, Radio Operator, Harold Coonrod, along with two crew chiefs. Crew members shake hands and board the aircraft. Colonel Crouch waves from the cockpit of the C-47 (but has not started engines). Major J.L. Sweetman boards another aircraft. Colonel Crouche's C-47 taxis to where the Pathfinders will load up. View of Control Tower at RAF North Witham, with ambulance parked outside it. Three hours before takeoff.Colonel Crouch, is seen on a path near the airfield, with a Pathfinder Captain and Lieutenant, who will be aboard his aircraft and be the first to jump into France. They kid around. The Pathfinder officers note that Colonel Crouch wears paratroop wings. Later, two Pathfinders, of the 101st Airborne Division , with camouflaged faces and American flag insignia on their right shoulders, step from woods and pose momentarily. Pathfinder Paratroopers line up to board C-47 aircraft as Lt. Col. Crouch rides a scooter at the airfield. Aircrews and Pathfinders pose for photographs before taking off. The lead aircraft, number 42-93098, with Lieutenant Colonel Crouch at the controls, takes off from RAF Station North Witham at 9:54 PM, on June 5, 1944. to begin the invasion of France. (Note: This C-47 was shot down on September 18, 1944, during Operation Market Garden, and crash landed on Haamstede Airbase, Netherlands. Although shot at by German troops on the ground, pilot, Maj Joseph A. Beck, and Navigator Lt. Vincent J. Paterno, survived as prisoners of war. Copilot Capt Fred O. Lorimer and another crew member were fatally shot.)
Scenes of Casablanca, French Morocco, taken by U.S. Paratrooper during a stopover in World War II.
Scenes taken by U.S. paratrooper (not shown) during stopover in Casablanca, French Morocco, on July 13, 1944. A street sign points to Washington, Tokyo, London, Berlin, and Paris, showing distances. Sidewalk entertainers play musical instruments as people gather around them. A government building in the city with tricolor streamer on it. Panning views of the surrounding area. Aerial views of the ruins of Monte Cassino Abbey (very dark underexposed).
U.S. troops bivouac in Maragliana, Italy, during World War II
U.S. Army personnel placing clothing and equipment out in the sun to dry, following a drenching storm at their tent camp in Maragliana, Italy, during World War 2. Troops in a "chow line" receiving a meal at a mess tent in the camp.Soldiers eating inside a tent, and relaxing in the sun. Improvised outdoor shower facility with canvas sides and drums of water on top. Soldiers relaxing in their tents. One soldier dries himself after washing.
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