USAAF (United States Army Air Force) fighter aircraft Lockheed P-38 Lightning on a bombing mission over Sicily in Italy during World War II. P-38 stationary at an airfield. Other aircraft parked in the background. A bomb servicing truck backs up towards P-38. A bomb on a ground. Enlisted men attach a belt under on the bomb. The bomb is pulled up.
USAAF (United States Army Air Force) fighter aircraft Lockheed P-38 Lightning on a bombing mission over Sicily in Italy during World War II. Two enlisted men hold ammunition belts and put them in a box. They load the boxes in the nose section of P-38. EM load ammunition belts into the guns in the nose section. The ammunition belt loaded into the guns in the nose section. An EM puts the ammunition belts in a box. EM stand on a ladder. They load ammunition belts in a box. 'BABE' written on the nose of P-38. An EM closes the nose section.
Landing maneuvers of the United States troops in North Africa during World War II. Fire from the deck of a Destroyer. A convoy underway. Airplanes fly overhead. U.S. Marines exit from a landing craft and run through water to the beach. Tanks leave barge and head for the shore. U.S. soldiers run inland from the beach. A map of Mediterranean Theater. Native North African Vichy French soldiers parade in Casablanca. Feet of soldiers as they march. Animated map of Mediterranean Theater as a pointer indicates location of Oran. French Navy ships in the harbor of Oran are blown up by British attack to prevent Nazi German forces from taking over the French ships.
U.S. First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt appeals for Red Cross War Relief Fund in Washington DC. U.S. First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt seated on a chair. A statue and United States flag in the background. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt appeals to the public to donate to the Red Cross War Relief Fund. The First Lady says that they should defeat the forces who are causing sufferings. Eleanor Roosevelt also says that people should donate according to their ability.
U.S. 44th Infantry Division parade at Fort Dix in New Jersey. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox and U.S. Lt. General Hugh Aloysius Drum shake hands with other officers. Secretary of the Navry Frank Knox with General Drum stand on a platform. The U.S. Infantrymen stand in a squad. The soldiers parade. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, Lt. General Drum and other officers review the parade. The soldiers carrying a United States flag march. The soldiers in cars advance during the parade. A banner on a platform reads '78th Division Veterans' Association'. (Secretary Knox served as a major in the 78th Infantry Division during World War 1.) The trucks towing artillery advance and soldiers seen on the trucks.
A test flight of a new USAAF (United States Army Air Force) Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in Burbank, California. USAAF P-38s inside a hangar. Men seated on a wing of a P-38. The P-38 is pulled out of a hangar. A pilot wearing a mask on a bicycle. The pilot wearing a helmet and a mask gets in to the cockpit of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The P-38 in flight over the city. Mountains in the background.
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