US Army officer reads message to a group of American soldiers at RAF Ramsbury airfield in Wiltshire, England during World War II. Closeup views of individual faces of some of the soldiers listening as the officer reads to them. A 1st sergeant of the 101st Airborne Division reads a message from a letter to paratroopers. The troops turn and begin to march towards the parked transport aircraft in the background, heading for the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden.
A residential area with street sign, ‘25th St. W.’ in Minneapolis, Minnesota. An automobile drives past suburban houses. A boat sails in a river. First Church of Christ, Scientist building (614-620 15th Street East, Minneapolis, Minnesota) in Minneapolis. A car drives past the First Congregational Church (500 8th Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota) in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood of Minneapolis. Men dressed in sailor uniforms at the Minneapolis Boat Club, now used as a Naval Training Station. The traffic in front of the Roman Catholic Basilica of St. Mary, also known as the Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary (Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis). View of Lake Calhoun.
A statue of an elk looking towards the Criminal Courts and Jail in Basin Street (presently 219 Loyola Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, United States), New Orleans. A large United States flag in front of the Tulane University in New Orleans. A streetcar drives past the New Orleans Post Office and Courthouse (presently the John Minor Wisdom U.S. Court of Appeals Building). Streetcars, automobiles, and busy pedestrian traffic on Canal Street.
American soldiers walking in front of a jeep. U.S. troops walking past damaged fences and buildings with mountains visible in the distance. Army troops walking next to trees with two jeeps traveling behind marching soldiers. African American soldier driving a Jeep and another Jeep traveling through trees in the background. Troops walking past a building with extensive bombing damage. Soldiers walking amid rubble.
A few M5 Stuart light tanks, some operated by African American soldiers, drive down a dusty road in Querceta, Italy, during World War 2. They move quickly, kicking up dust while smaller vehicles travel the other direction. One tank is stopped on the side of the road. Now looking the other direction on the road, a fourth tank and a small jeep travel past some rubble and a sign saying "Querceta." A larger transport truck passes them coming towards the camera. Next is a closeup shot of the drivers of another tank passing by. Six men, one of them African American, speak in a group in front of an M4 Sherman tank. Two more men sit on top of this tank, surrounded by rubble and taller buildings. U.S. Army troops grouped up move out of the way as a jeep comes into view.
An injured U.S. Marine with an attached plasma bag is carried on a stretcher towards a Douglas R4D transport aircraft, where he is laid down next to other injured and deceased marines. A few closeup shots of his dirty and bruised face are shown, before he is lifted into the R4D. The airplane is then seen taking off.
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