77th Army Infantry Division advance in the Pacific Theater during Ryukyu Campaign of World War II. Men of the United States Army 2nd Battalion,305th regiment throw grenades and satchel charges into caves. Men of Company 'E', 305th Regiment fire rocket launchers into caves. Explosions rise. Mountains in the background. Squadron of soldiers go through the damaged wooden shack. Soldiers prepare demolition charges and blast caves.
View from porthole of a ship, of dock facilities and freighters in Bordeaux, France. Freighters and cranes at dock receiving supplies for American Army base section number 2 during World War I. Some ships are painted in camouflage patterns. Broad view from deck of American ship where United States flag flutters in wind from ship mast. Tugboat in harbor.
Transfering U.S. Army cargo from ships to rail cars, at seaport in Bordeaux,France. Freighters and cranes at dock for supply of Base Section Number 2 during World War I. Warehouses buildings in the background. Dock cranes operate and unload military cargo from ships. U.S. Army troops, using tractor, haul trailer loaded with crates. One soldier holds on back of trailer with his feet up, getting a ride. African American stevedores of U.S. Army Service battalions, using hand carts, load a railroad car, with USA written on its side. Others throw wooden cargo cartons into a cargo net. They attach it with crane sling. Crane pulls it up and places it near railroad car. World War 1 African American stevedores load cargo in railroad car.
German newspapers and weekly magazines and propaganda in Germany, seen in stacks at a newsstand. Timeframe is before World War 2, during control of NSDAP and the Nazi party. Der Sturmer headline features article about The Jews in history of Berlin ("Die Juden in der Geschichte Berlin"). Door signs read "Droysenstrasse 16," likely on door of apartment residences at Droysenstraße 16, 10629 Berlin, Germany (in the Charlottenburg district). Name tag for "Karl Reimer" seen on another door (possibly a resident in that building?). View of a printed public announcement stating that, because of high treason to the German people, the following persons were executed today: Joachim Klauser; Heinz Kuhnert; Wolfgang Bart. Various pictures depicting "Hitlerjugend -- Hitler Youth"; "Arbeitsdienst -- Labor Service"; "Jungmadels -- Young Girls"'; "Schutzstaffel -- Black Shirts"; and "Kraft Durch Freude -- Strength Through Joy."
U.S. 1st Army, 23rd Regiment, 2nd Division soldiers attack on Mechernich, Germany during World War II. U.S. soldiers crossing field and entering Mechernich. Soldiers enter houses. Soldiers break window and climb into house. U.S. officers including Brigadier General Truman E Boudinot, Major General Maurice Rose and Brigadier General Doyle Hickey on the steps of cathedral in Cologne during its capture by U.S. 1st Army. Ruined buildings in surrounding area.
United States occupation of Berlin, Germany after World War II. U.S. General Omar Bradley meet and greet Soviet officer and his staff. General Bradley, U.S. Commander-General First Airborne Army of Berlin District Major General Floyd L Parks, Commander-General of French troops in Berlin Major General Duschesne, Deputy Commanding Officer of the Russian troops in Berlin Major General Nicholei Nicholeiovitch Barinov at attention and salute. General Barinov at microphone as he addresses the assemblage. U.S. flag flies from top of a building at Adolf Hitler Barracks. Salute being fired by tanks of the U.S. 2nd Armored Division. Soldiers of Soviet 5th Army lined up.
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