U.S. 4th Armored Division in Czechoslovakia during World War II. Czech patriots rounding up traitors , spies, and alleged collaborationists who aided the German Nazis in World War 2. The patriots hit the accused men and women collaborationists, beat them, and take them to a waiting truck to take them to jail. Buildings along street sides. People gather on a street. A soldier giving a candy to a baby held by her mother.
U.S. 4th Armored Division in Czechoslovakia during World War II. People walking on a street. Buildings along street sides. Trucks parked on the street. People gather outside a building. Soldiers in the building with some officers.
U.S. 4th Armored Division in Germany during World War II. Some civilians standing on a side of a street. Soldiers aboard a truck passing on the street. A convoy of German vehicles and motorcycles moves past a traffic barrier. They come in to surrender, probably in Reims, Germany
U.S. paratroopers stand near open door of a C-47 transport, ready to jump, in a practice exercise, in England, during World War 2. One trooper leans out the opening, carefully looking over the situation. He has a lit cigar in his mouth. Another view shows a Captain, commanding them, poised in the open cargo door. He jumps and the rest of his "stick" of paratroopers follow in quick succession. Another group of paratroopers repeats the process. Scene shifts to views taken from a camera fastened to a paratrooper's leg. His face is seen. He grimaces at the shock of chute opening and then smiles. The open parachute is seen above him. He lands on his back with chute behind him in a grass field. A large formation of C-47s seen overhead, dropping paratroopers, who fill the sky as they descend. Paratroopers are seen as they land. White smoke is seen in the background, marking the drop zone.
The 332nd Fighter Group is awarded at Ramitelli Airfield in Italy during World War II. Airplanes parked on the field. U.S. Army General Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. in Washington DC along with other officials arrives on the field. He bestows the Distinguished Flying Cross on his son Colonel Benjamin O Davis Jr. and three other pilots. Other dignitaries include Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces Lieutenant General Ira C Eaker, Commander of the 15th Air Force Major General Nathan F Twining and Commander of the 306th Fighter Wing Brigadier General Dean C Strother. Tents in the background. A band playing in the background.
The 332nd Fighter Group is awarded at Ramitelli Airfield in Italy during World War II. Officers review troops. A band and the troops march in formation. The officers salute the troops. U.S. Army General Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. and his son talk informally after the parade. An adjutant reads a citation.
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