United States soldiers fight along the Austrian border near Scharnitz Pass in Austria during World War Two. Infantrymen of Companies A,B, and C, 1st Battalion, 409th Regiment, 103rd Division, fire rifles at German positions in wooded hills, across a snow covered field. Soldiers take cover behind trees and fence posts. M4 Sherman tanks, a half track and jeeps support the soldiers, on a well paved road. A soldier fires a machine gun from a jeep. A tank fires its gun at hillside across the snow-covered field. The soldiers look through binoculars. Two surrendering German soldiers run by several American soldiers, one of whom swings a rifle at them and another who kicks at them as they run past. A U.S. tank enters a village, passing a sign that reads ' Scharnitz, Kreis Innsbruck '. U.S. infantrymen enter the village passing between buildings and log fences. The walk past several iron tank obstacles along paths in the village.
Liberated Allied prisoners of war in Moosburg, Germany during World War II. Two liberated U.S. soldiers drink wine from a bottle as they stand beside a U.S. Army jeep. One of them smiles and drinks from the bottle. A group of liberated 8th Air Force officers and bomber crew pose as they cheer after being liberated. Four U.S. soldiers walk and smile after being set free.
Liberated Allied prisoners of war in Moosburg, Germany during World War II. A Red Cross car and a truck carrying supplies arrive. The Red Cross insignia on the car. A British soldier opens a box of supplies. Liberated Allied prisoners walk towards the car. The British soldier distributes supplies to the Allied prisoners mainly the British and the Americans. Another box being opened. The supplies being distributed. A liberated prisoner eats.
First Part: Former POW camp, Stalag VII-A, in Moosburg, Bavaria Sign at camp entrance reads, 'Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschafts Stammlager VIIA' Second Part: Disassembled portions of jet powered German Messerschmidt aircraft Me 262 at a storage area near a channel in Mitterlern, 38 Kilometers northeast of Munich between Moosburg and Erding, Germany after World War II. A farmer examines the different parts of the aircraft including the nose still armed with guns.
General Carl Spaatz in Tinian, Mariana Island during World War 2. A Military Police officer salutes as a jeep arrives. U.S. Army officers step from the jeep. Four officers stand under a tree. A U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) B-29 aircraft with a sign on the fuselage that reads ' Goin Jessie. ' General Carl Spaatz , USAAF Chief of Staff, pins a Legion of Merit medal on Master Sergeant Einar (Curly) Klabo. Klabo salutes the General. Crew men lift Klabo on their shoulders. ( Note: "Goin Jessie" flew 50 combat missions with the 9th Bomb Group, 5th Squadron, while M/Sgt Klabo was her crew chief. She never had an abort.)
U.S. submarine patrol in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Periscope view as a Japanese destroyer sinks after being hit by USS Springer in the Pacific Ocean. Smoke rises from the stern of the destroyer. SS class submarine underway on the surface. USS Springer approaches the submarine. Bow of USS Springer in the foreground. Submarine underway at sea.
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