Wreckage of U.S. Air Forces P-47D-30, tail number 44-33495, of the 368th Fighter Group, 397th Fighter Squadron in a field, near Munnerstadt, Germany, a month after the end of World War 2, in Europe. Women work around the wreckage, turning hay. Street scene in a nearby small German village. Workers come home from fields. Buildings on either side of the street. Civilians move on an ox cart. Person carries hay in a wooden hand cart. Water running from faucet in the village square. (Reportedly, the pilot of the P-47 was William T. Wright, who was killed in the crash, on April 15, 1945.)
Civilians gathered to watch the President's motorcade in Tunis,Tunisia. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba's motorcade underway toward La Marsa,Presidential Palace. Tunisians line along both side of a road. They look at the President's car in center of motorcade. Banner reads 'God Bless Eisenhower,Man of Peace'. Motorcade surrounds presidential car. Tunisians wave flags. Civilians loaded in truck en route on a road. Entrance to Palace. Civilians wave Tunisian and American flags. Motorcade continues down boulevard toward a palace. Military band plays. President Eisenhower and Bourguiba stand in rear of car and waves to crowd. Motorcade approach and enter palace. Tunisians lined up on either side beat drums and wave.
Presidential Palace in Tunis,Tunisia. Tunisian guards line roadway leading up to front entrance of the Presidential Palace. Motorcycles parked in the foreground. American and Tunisian flags flutter in wind from top of the palace. Guards holding swords lined up on both sides of a carpet leading to entrance. Civilians walk up the steps. Tunisian flag flies from left side of car parked outside palace. Tunisian chauffeur seated in an official car. U.S. flag on right front fender of the official car.
L-5 aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Corps 25th Air Liaison Squadron, parked at an airfield in Saidor,New Guinea during World War II. Men stand near the L-5 Sentinel aircraft, that has just rescued an injured Punjab soldier (one of 20) who escaped from a Japanese POW camp. Two men carry the Punjab soldier on a stretcher and place him into an ambulance. Tent in the background. Ambulance drives away.
Crew work on L-5 Sentinel aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Corps 25th Air Liaison Squadron, at an airfield in Saidor,New Guinea during World War 2. Ground crew removes jack from under landing gear of an L-5. Other L-5's seen parked on the airstrip. Ground crew work around them. Man under L-5 aircraft makes repairs to fabric on the fuselage.
U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) Stinson L-5 Sentinel of the 25th Liaison Squadron "Guinea Short Lines" in flight over water during World War 2. Aerial view of Stinson aircraft in flight, and view from inside an airplane of Madang air strip (recently captured by Australian forces) pock marked with craters. Dogumur Bay in the background. L-5 lands and taxis on the battered strip. Other aircraft parked in the background. Crew men refuel L-5 aircraft, named "Little Larry," from fuel drums with funnel over wing. Australian soldiers carry litter bearing bandaged Indian Punjab soldier, who escaped Japanese prison camp. Airmen of 25th Liaison Squadron help the Indian Punjab soldier into the Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft. The Punjab soldier in cabin of the L-5 aircraft. American Sergeant (pilot) removes his passenger's hat, so he can be seen more clearly as he poses for the camera. An L-5 lands on the beach. Other L-5 aircraft parked on beach. Personnel in the background. L-5 (transporting the injured Indian Punjabi soldier) takes off in the opposite direction. Other L-5s in grass near beach. Scene shifts completely, to the injured Punjabi being assisted as he steps from the L-5, after landing back at the 25th Liaison Squadron base in Saidor, New Guinea.
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