The U.S. soldiers in Vergato, Italy during World War II. Soldiers probing streets of the city for mines. Destroyed buildings and rubble in the city. Armored vehicles of the 1st Armored Division corner a street intersection. Engineer soldier directs U.S. Army armored half-track vehicles through the mined area.
The U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. U.S. Army General Willis D Crittenberger and aides stand on the South side of the Po River watching the loading activities. DUKW amphibious trucks are loaded with heavy equipment by cranes. Soldiers aboard a DUKW underway in the river.
The U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. U.S. medics aboard an ambulance jeep. They carry on litter, a patient from the jeep to the DUKW, an amphibious truck. Wounded ambulatory patient is helped aboard the DUKW. The DUKW underway. Infantrymen climb hill to the staging area.
The U.S. soldiers in Bologna, Italy during World War II. U.S. vehicles including ambulances, jeeps and trucks fording river near a highway. Soldiers aboard the vehicles. An Italian peasant in horse-drawn cart fords the river alongside a roped off area.
U.S. Army 88th Division troops advance along a road, in the Apennine Mountains of Italy, in final days of World War 2. Members of an Italian Alpinieri Brigade greet them. They serve wine to the soldiers as they pass through the area. Italian soldiers are gathered around a wagon where they drink wine from a large barrel. American infantrymen, in succession, without breaking step, sip wine from a metal cup offered by an Italian Alpinieri trooper. Another view of the Italian soldiers around the wagon containing their wine barrel. In change of scene, American infantry of the 10th Mountain Division are seen moving down a slope, single file, to a mountain road and then proceeding across a small stream in a barren region of the mountains. Later, as they proceed on either side of a mountain road, a jeep passes in the road center, raising dust. The Americans pass Italian troops relaxing near destroyed buildings. Several sit on remains of an Italian Centauro armored personnel carrier overgrown with weeds. Next, a mountain road is seen, clogged with jeeps and trucks. Along the side of the crowded road, Italian soldiers of the Salmerie da Combattimento, 5° group " Montecassino" (Baggage Combat, 5th group "Montecassino") are seen walking with their mules, fully loaded with rations and medical supplies. One of them has been identified as Mario Pace, (Rome 1923-1995) along with his mule, Adeodato. The Italian Baggage Combat Group and mules, continue along the road .(Note: Under the name "5th Pack Mule Group", this Italian unit was assigned the task of bringing supplies to front line combat troops in the mountains.) They are followed by U.S. soldiers on horseback with more horses and mules.
A Control tower and beach at U.S. Naval Air Station Bermuda. Two U.S. sailors are seen on the beach. (A Military Air Transport Service-MATS- C-97 Stratofreighter is parked on a ramp in background.) One sailor is launching a large inflated balloon. Closeup of manual "Radiosonde, Type AN AMQ 10." The balloon in the air tethered to radiosonde equipment held by sailor. He releases it and the sailors pay out line as balloon ascends.
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