Paestum,Italy during Operation Avalanche in World War 2. US. Army infantry soldiers board LCI landing crafts and move away from beach. Three barrage balloons flying above the ships. U.S. soldiers in the ship heading towards the sea. Ship passes by the submarine nets and advances out to sea.
Italian dignitaries enter the conference hall of the Salerno Municipio building in Salerno Italy. Marshal Pietro Badoglio along with other government officials and dignitaries take seats around the conference table. Dignitaries greet and shake hands with each other. They include Sforza, Togliatti, Croce, Rodino, Mancini.
View of two guards standing at the entrance of King's Villa in Salerno,Italy. Several women standing in the background near the entrance. Views from just outside the partially open door of a large stadium filled with people. A sign outside reads "C.E.F. General Commandant Le C.E.F." Elected and military officials walk together down a stairs to a parked car. Guards salute and stand attentively. A officer walks towards the car and salutes to another officer.
View of guns mounted on an allied destroyer firing at targets in Salerno,Italy. Views of mountainous coastline in background while several ships and landing crafts moving near the beach including one carrying aircraft on a special platform. Smoke rising near the shore. Soldier looking through binoculars on the approaching warship. Soldiers standing near the mounted gun on the warship and looking towards the shore. Repeated scenes of landing crafts moving towards shore. (World War II period).
View of covered bodies lying on stretchers on the beach in Salerno, Italy. Soldiers loading bed rolls on Dukw amphibious vehicles. An American P-40 aircraft downed at the shallow waters off shore. View of landing crafts approaching shore. Convoy of landing crafts moving towards beach. Ships moving in sea, mountainous coasts in the background. (World War II period).
An old man drinking from a can in a rowboat alongside a U.S. naval destroyer off Salerno,Italy. The old man wipes off his face with a handkerchief and then boards the warship. Several American soldiers gather around the old man smiling. Another old man climbs up from the small boat. The old man stands in the boat while the boat is lowered to the sea and then moves toward the beach. (World War II period).
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