U.S. Army paratroopers of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, bivouacked at British RAF Greenham Common, England, prior to the Operation Market Garden invasion of Holland. Two paratroopers of 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (hearts on their helmets), 101st Airborne Division, clown for the camera with foreign currency. A Lieutenant performs a good-natured inspection of his platoon, for the camera. Paratroopers prepare boxes of demolition charges for air drop. Another Lieutenant of the 502nd PIR inspects members of his Platoon. Soldierss clown around and have fun giving and receiving haircuts. Troopers seated under a tent, sharpening their personal knives and testing the edge by shaving hair on their arms. Group of U.S. Army paratroopers being briefed outside tents and reviewing orientation techniques while one holds a magnetic compass.
U.S. officers and troops in Normandy, France during World War 2. U.S. troops at a beach in Normandy. Full track vehicle moves ahead. African American soldiers of the 320th Battalion pose seated against a German coastal gun emplacement.. U.S. troops outside a German pillbox. Danger sign reads ‘minen’. Barrage balloons aloft in background. U.S. Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, Commander of the U.S. 1st Army, and U.S. 9th Air Corps Commander, Major General Ralph Royce standing together. Troops inspect an abandoned artillery gun. U.S. soldier stands next to dead German soldier. A crashed Allied glider. U.S. troops around wrecked Allied glider on a road. Road scrapers level an improvised field for aircraft. U.S. P-38 Lightning fighter lands on the field, creating cloud of dust.
Fueling of USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft parked on a dirt field in North Africa during World War II. A semi-tractor hauls two F-1A, 4,000 gallon fuel servicing semi-trailers past a B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft parked on a dusty field. Crew members walk from nose of B-26 to back to the semi-trailers. Crew chief scales propeller of the B-26 to reach the top of wing. Another crew member hands him the nozzle and he begins refueling one of the wing tanks. F-1A units passes and parks in front of B-26. Large grader and steam roller seen preparing landing field. USAAF A-20 Havoc bombers parked in the background.
Damage at Munda Point, Solomon Islands after U.S. 13th Air Force bombardment during World War II. The damage is surveyed by U.S. officers. Wreckage of Japanese aircraft and installations. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers are removed by U.S. troops. Gun emplacements are made. Bulldozers level the ground. Heavy construction equipment is operated to level a hill. U.S. bomber aircraft on a flight line at a newly constructed U.S. airfield. A bomber takes off from an airstrip.
Tests of non-persistent gas munitions during U.S. chemical warfare tests on San Jose Island, Panama during World War II. Bombs are loaded on U.S. 6th Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers. The B-24s take off from a runway. A formation of B-24s in the sky. Phosgene and CK gas tests are made by dropping bombs from the B-24s. Results are plotted on maps and studied by U.S. personnel in a room.
African American Fighter Group of USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II. African American pilots of 332nd Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen) being briefed at a map by a USAAF officer in the background. Pilots listen to the officer. USAAF General Benjamin Davis with a pointer at the map. Crewmen attach a wing tank to a USAAF P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft parked on an airfield. The crewmen check the aircraft and load a wing gun. The pilots come out of the briefing room. They sit under the wing of the P-51. P-51s lined up with propellers turning. A P-51 taxis. P-51s take off.
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