American Troop Carrier crews gather for a briefing on August 14, 1944, the day before the Operation Dragoon invasion of Southern France, in World War 2. The captions then refer to their return to the United Kingdom later that month, and to the United States in October 1944. The air crews are seen assembled outdoors at an airfield in Italy. The weather is hot and some of them are shirtless. Some airmen are seen wearing Khaki shorts or singlets. Views of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan, New York City skyline, taken when some aircrew members returned to the United States in October 1944.
United States soldiers aboard a Liberty ship underway in the Pacific Ocean towards the end of World War II. Soldiers aboard the ship as they move from one deck to another. A soldier seated in a jeep mends a piece of cloth. Two soldiers seated on the top of a truck. The soldiers get on to the deck of the ship. They are seated on wooden crates aboard the ship. The soldiers relax and play a card game. The soldiers seated in a tug. An officer with headphones around his neck. The soldiers work with hammers on the deck of the ship.
United States Coast Guards with trained dogs in the United States. A dog stands on a barrel. Sailors with the dogs. Coast guards with the dogs. Coast Guards ride horses. They walk and run with the trained dogs.
7th War Bond drive opens at Times Square in New York City, during World War 2. A large number of people gathered at the occasion. Crowd gathered around a statue of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Japan. (This is the original plaster edition created by sculptor Dr. Felix W. de Weldon, which served as the model for the future Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington Virginia). Soldiers seated as they look at the flag raising statue. Three survivors of the flag raising raise the American flag at the ceremony to promote the sale of bonds during the 7th War Bond drive: Pfc. Rene A. Gagnon, Pfc. Ira Hayes and PhM 2/c John H. Bradley, USN.
Crowd cheers at the center of Milan, Italy during World War II. Many people gathered at a square in Milan as they celebrate after the Germans surrender. United States Army tanks and trucks move past a large crowd along a street. The Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano, P.za del Duomo, 20122 Milano MI, Italy) is seen in the background. A large billboard for Chlorodont, a German toothpaste, is seen in the Milan Cathedral piazza. Location is incorrectly slated by camera man.
United States troops enter Milan, Italy after German surrender of the city during World War II. A large crowd gathered in a street as people cheer to welcome United States troops. Vehicles loaded with Italian partisans move past the cheering crowd. The partisans seated on the bonnets of the cars. Civilians wave at the Piazza del Duomo in Milan city center. Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano, P.za del Duomo, 20122 Milano MI, Italy) in the background.
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