Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley escorts U.S. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull on a tour of the beachhead at Normandy, during World War 2. He points out items of interest to the Secretary Hull. The beach is filled with war materiel, and many ships are off shore.
Battlefield filled with mortar smoke during U.S. invasion of Saipan in Mariana Islands, during World War 2, in the Pacific. U.S. Marine patrol goes out on field to recover equipment. Soldiers move forward on the field. They carry a dead Marine on a stretcher. Two Marine M3A1 Satan flamethrower M3 tanks parked.
U.S. Marines and their improvised shelters on the island of Saipan in Mariana Islands, during World War 2. A Marine examines an undetonated mortar round over which a trenching tool has been placed to warn them.
U.S. Marines battle Japanese forces on Saipan, Marianas Islands, during World War 2. Views across the valley to Mt Topotchau. Explosions from artillery shells. Smoke arises from the shelling..
Two aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Force flying overhead in St Lo, France a month after the invasion of France during World War 2. P-47 Thunderbolt airplane in flight. It approaches another aircraft in flight.
U.S. M-4 medium tanks crossing a field in St Lo, France, about a month after D-Day in World War 2. Hedgerow clearing devices are seen on the M4 Sherman tanks. (These particular 'pronged' types of tank are designed to be rammed into the hedgerows, creating holes for demolition charges. Then, once the tank has reversed clear, TNT was packed into the holes and detonated.) Tank commanders are visible in the turret hatches. Trees in the background.
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