Training of U.S. paratrooper pathfinders prior to Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft in flight as American paratroopers make practice jumps. A paratrooper lands at drop zone at North Witham training area in England during practice. On June 5th, 1944 C-47 aircraft with invasion stripes parked at an airfield in England.
First U.S. soldiers discharged from U.S. Army at a separation center toward end of World War 2. The soldiers exit a bus and enter a army facility at Fort McPherson in East Point, Georgia. They confirm their earned service points after 5 years of service, and and prepare to leave. Sergeant Ronald Stroud with 132 service points hands over papers to an officer as he leaves the army. He returns his uniform and gear to quartermasters. Stroud being given a pay check worth 1400 dollars. (World War II period).
German troops surrender in Milan, Italy during World War II. U.S. Army 91st Recon vehicles parked in front of La Scala opera house (Teatro alla Scala, Via Filodrammatici, 2, 20121 Milano MI, Italy) being mobbed by civilians. Tank men seated atop vehicles as civilians talk to them. Crowds line up along the streets as U.S. tanks and infantrymen move past. Tanks in the streets. Smoke rises in the background.
Japanese prison camp number 3 in northern Honshu, Japan after World War II. A U.S. medical officer being interviewed at the prison camp as other prisoners look on. Buildings at the camp. A walled gate at the camp as two U.S. officers walk away from it. A Japanese sign on the gate. Wooden logs piled up.
Japanese prison camp number 3 in northern Honshu, Japan after World War II. Buildings at the prison camp and U.S. prisoners milling about at the camp grounds. U.S. officers talk and smile. Buildings around the camp grounds.
An orientation film about the American campaign against the Japanese in the South West Pacific during World War II. A U.S. Army intelligence officer reads a document as he studies American strategy to attack Japanese positions on the Admiralty Island in the South West Pacific. An officer at a map of Los Negros. Aerial views of the island. An aircraft lands on sea and soldiers in rubber rafts move towards the island. Soldiers reconnoiter the island. An officer at a map and he makes a phone call to confirm the strategy to be followed for the attack in the South West Pacific. Nearly 800 soldiers of 1st Cavalry Division assemble for the attack. They embark onto Higgins boat at a beach and pull away. The soldiers get aboard a ship at sea. A convoy of U.S. ships underway to invade Los Negros. Officers aboard the ship confer. Naval guns being fired at the coast of Los Negros. Aircraft in flight as they provide an aerial cover. The soldiers get into landing crafts from a ship. The aircraft in flight.
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