A flotilla of U.S. landing craft, filled with U.S. Army troops from the 27th Infantry Division approach the beach at Japanese-held Makin Island during World War 2. Some of the landing craft (Higgins boats) are from the Attack Transport ship, USS Leonard Wood (APA-12) and others are from the USS Calvert (APA-32). A Benson-Livermore class (AKA Benson-Gleaves class) Destroyer is visible offshore. As the landing craft beach, the troops wade ashore, with difficulty, through hip-deep water, in places. Back on one of the transport ships, sailors lower a bulldozer for transport to the beach. They also lower rolls of matting over the side. These cargoes are seen at the beachhead, as well as a Sherman tank moving through the surf onto the rocky shore.
A U.S. Army training film depicts operations and uses of tanks during World War II. Medium and light tanks being parked on a field in the United States. Guns being fired from the tanks. Smoke arises due to the firing. A soldier aboard a tank. A target being destroyed due to firing by the tanks.
U.S. soldiers and tanks in France during World War II. M-4 tanks move across an open field and through hedgerows. Trees in the background. U.S. soldiers clear a road with mine detectors. Soldiers marching on a street.
U.S. soldiers and tanks in France during World War II. Repairing of the tanks. U.S. soldiers weld hedge cutters on M-4 tanks. The hedge cutter on tank. Major General S. H. Watson Commanding General of the 3rd Armored Division inspects the hedgerow cutter.
U.S. 2nd Armored Division advances in Normandy, France during World War II. Tank destroyers and infantry being deployed in an open field. Infantrymen advancing. The infantrymen move through hedgerows. Two dead U.S. soldiers in the foreground. The 22nd Infantry Regiment advances. Air support is provided by United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts as they fly overhead.
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.
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