A crashed U.S. Army Stinson L-5 Sentinel airplane, serial number 42-98969, upside down on a field in Italy, during World War 2. Pilot lying on ground checks his hand. Soldiers around flipped plane. The inverted plane is righted and set on its landing gear by soldiers using ropes. (Note: Opening slate, naming Lt. Montagne, refers to Lt. Ed Montagne, 196th Signal Photo Co, .who reportedly went on to produce the TV Series McHale's Navy during the 1960s.)
Evacuation of U.S. soldier casualties from Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, in World War 2. A injured soldier carried on a stretcher from a field ambulance and placed into a Stinson L-5B Sentinel aircraft flown by the 163rd Liaison Squadron. Several casualties and L-5B aircraft.
LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) heads toward beach. Flak in sky and smoke rises from island in the background. Battleship fires intermittently. Tail section of LVTR (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Retriever) underway. LVT loaded with marines, underway through rough water. LVT headed toward island. Machine gun muzzle on LVT. Winch on deck of ship. Small craft comes alongside ship. Winch turning and cable coming off it. Men handle lines. Man operates winch while sitting on control box. LVT hoisted out of hold on AP (Hull Code for Transport Support Ships). LVT lowered over side. AP, LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized), and LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) in water. Marines and Navy personnel watch from ship. Aircraft in sky. Anti-tank lowered into LCVP. Men in LCVP handle lines for loading. Men in AP watch the loading. Jeep hoisted from hold of AP. Sign in jeep reads '5-2'. LCM and LCVP in water. AP at anchor in the far background. Lookouts on mainmast of AP. American flag flies from mast. Small craft in water, men sit on small boat that is hanging from hook in the foreground. (World War II period).
Large explosions on Japanese-held Pacific island in World War 2 as U.S. planes drop bombs. Bombs explode on island. Clouds of smoke arise from explosions. Small bulldozer pushes up sand along water's edge of Tarawa Island. Two marines watch bulldozer. LST-482 (Landing Ship, Tank) in the background. LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel), jungle camouflaged alongside LST-482. Bulldozer exits from LST. Bulldozer pushes sand between shore and ramp of waiting LCT-350 (Landing Craft, Tank), which is loaded with heavy equipment. Jeeps and equipment being off loaded from LCT-350.
The men of the 2nd Field Forces, 199th Light Infantry Brigade and 552 MP Co came under fire from Vietcong rockets and mortars. Mess of rags, striped poles, grenades, bags and knapsacks. View of dead Vietcong. Upper part of dead body. Upper part of another dead body. Dead body of Vietcong with smashed skull. A leg on ground. Two dead bodies. (Vietnam War period).
2nd Field Forces, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam during Vietcong attack. Vietcong attack on United States positions in South Vietnam. Explosions on field in the far background. Smoke arises from explosions. Building on field. Smoke in wooded area. Helicopter in flight. Barbed wire in the foreground. (Vietnam War period).
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