A rocket barrage and attack push off in Mosbach, Germany during World War II. United States 3rd Armored Division vehicles drive towards Mosbach. U.S. soldiers on an army truck with rifles and equipment. M5A1 light tanks, half-tracks, trucks and M8 armored cars drive on a dirt road outside the city. The convoy of armored vehicles drives past a country house.
United States military government officials at Aachen Archives in Monschau, Germany during World War II. The government officials collect archives stored in a cave. German civilians show the officers the location of records. A jeep with a board 'Military Government Officials' written on it drives past on a dirt road. German civilians and the officers carry the records from the cave and load them into army trucks. A U.S. soldier carries a pile of files and opens one of them. A looseleaf folder and the title page of the records.
A U.S. crew uses their M31 tank retriever in attempts to rescue two pieces of armored equipment from the mud, near Hurtgen, Germany during World War II. They first recover a camouflaged M10 tank destroyer from a roadside ditch , using their cable attached directly to the load. In addition to mud, the M10 has some snow on it. Otherwise, the retrieved tank destroyer appears to be intact and undamaged. In the next scene, several recovery team members clamber over an M7 gun motor carriage (105 mm Self Propelled Gun). Its right tread has sunk completely , where the road surface has collapsed. (The previously retrieved M10 is seen,behind, on the road, with some snow still on it, apparently operating under its own power. ) Many infantrymen are seen in the background. Soldiers snake a retrieval cable around the M7. Troops then gather around as the retrieval efforts commence.
American air and ground forces cooperate in taking Aachen, Germany during World War 2. View of Allied planes. U.S. Army officers and soldiers study map Close-up view of U.S. Army soldier talking on radio. Wounded soldiers loaded on jeeps. American soldiers seated and talking in a meeting.
U.S. Army soldiers on outskirts of Aachen, Germany during World War 2. Ground Forces soldiers cautiously move through a wooded area. Soldiers relax and read among trees and foxholes. Soldiers eat and drink. A soldier reads a magazine. Close-up view of "girlie magazine" showing pictures of women models posing for camera in partial undress. Text beside one woman's pictures reads "Gee Gee Gal" and "Just a lot of Polo-Ney".
U.S. Army soldiers on outskirts of Aachen, Germany invasion in World War 2. View of U.S. Army infantry soldiers advancing. Wounded U.S. Army soldiers in stretcher and seated. Some wounded soldiers being removed on jeeps. View of soldiers eating and smoking cigarettes. Close-up views of faces of soldiers relaxing. Soldiers talk to each other.
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