General Mark W Clark and General Mathew B Ridgway in army jeep move through the Pompeii city streets. General Clark and General Ridgway walk through the public square. Generals in the army jeep move through the streets and people cheer the Army Officers. The convoy of army vehicles moves through the cheering crowd.
Views of narrow streets of Pompeii, with people holding flags standing on the street sides and army trucks entering the city. People cheering and clapping as the convoy of army pass through the streets. People hold WELCOME banner in the city. Army trucks and soldiers pass through the cheering crowd. (World War II period).
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.
Aerial views of Operation Tidal Wave, an air attack by B-24 heavy bombers of the United States Army Air Forces on oil refineries around Ploiesti or Ploesti, Romania. during World War II. The 98th and 376th Bomb Groups of 9th Air force and 44th, 93rd, and 389th Bomb Groups of 8th Air Force took part.. Fifty-three aircraft and 660 aircrew were lost in this raid. Views of bombers dropping bombs over the oil refineries,factories,railroad yards and oil fields. Aerial views of destroyed Ploesti oil fields and of the planes climbing out and leaving the area.
Santa Maria, Italy. 3rd Ranger Battalion soldiers moving cautiously through the streets. Soldiers carrying rifles and mortars. Soldiers running towards the ditches in order to take cover and hide themselves. Soldier looks through binoculars and signals to others. Soldiers running and taking cover, prone in places through orchards. Soldiers set up 60mm mortar on the ground. Several soldiers lying in prone positions and firing from rifles. (World War II period).
Two C-47 planes landing at an airport in Paestum Italy. Several aircraft parked at the airfield. Soldiers unloading barracks bags and other equipment from the plane. Soldiers carry bags on their shoulder and place them on the ground. (World War II period).
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