U.S. forces invading Germany in the final days of World War 2 in Europe. German civilians hold white flags of surrender along sides of road. A German officer and soldiers sitting against a wooden fence at the roadside. German civilians loading belongings into horse drawn wagons. Abandoned and trashed wagons. A U.S. tank firing level at a large building, as Infantrymen run past. United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt airplanes attack a hilltop building with machine guns and bombs. Burning buildings behind trees.
United States soldiers in Germany near the end of World War 2, in Europe. American soldiers standing around a jeep and sitting on. two Sherman tanks parked in a German town. American soldiers rouse German prisoners who gather their belongings and stand to march off. Crewmen sitting on a Sherman tank in a field. They fire the tank's gun at a hilltop target. Smoke rises from exploding shells. U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft strafe and bomb German positions as U.S. tanks and their crews watch.
U.S. aircraft parked and operating at German airfield near end of World War 2. United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning and German Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (stork) German liaison aircraft parked on the base. P-38 twin engine fighters, P-47 fighters, and C-47 transport aircraft taxiing and taking off from the air base. U.S. P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft parked at the air base.
United States Army Air Forces operations in Germany during final days of World War 2 in Europe. United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts taxiing on a ramp in front of an open hangar at Fritzlar Air Base. A group of crew chiefs conversing. Trees in the foreground. P-47 takes off. Crewmen pushing a bomb trailer. A crew chief reading the pony edition of the "Times." Mechanics work on jeeps. An airman, followed by a pet dog, climbs steps to a trailer. Enlisted man talking to a Tech Sergeant who leans out window of a building. An L-5 liaison airplane taxis in a parking area. Three U.S. soldiers walking across the perimeter strip. Enlisted men shake hands with pilot of the L-5, who carries a German cavalry sword as a souvenir. They walk into building through door with sign reading: : "Colonel Stecker, Commanding." (Colonel Ray Stecker is Commander, U.S. 365th Fighter Group, of the 84th Fighter Wing.) ground crewman washes down ramp with a hose. P-47 and refueling truck in background.
U.S. soldiers in Milan, Italy, near end of World War 2 in Europe. German women, Luftwaffe girls and Red Cross women are transported to other places in trucks. German prisoners of war (POW) driving their own convoy, unescorted, heading towards U.S. lines.
College football game between the US Army cadets of Westpoint and the Colgate University in West Point, New York. A large crowd seated in the grandstand. U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower seated in the grandstand along with other officials. The game in progress. People cheering and applauding. Army wins the game 53-7.
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