Soldiers preparing to send msssages back to headquarters by Carrier Pigeon Service, from trenches of the the 167th Infantry Regiment (42nd Infantry,Rainbow Division) in World War 1. A soldier carefully removes a pigeon that had been secured in a wicker basket. Another pigeon is also seen. He attaches a message to the pigeon, as a companion holds it. Next scene shows 167th Infantry troops in their trench. The Pigeon Service soldier releases two pigeons above the top of the trench, and they fly away.
Allied soldiers in southern France during World War II. French civilians watch with dismay. German prisoners at a water front. Wounded on litters being loaded aboard a Landing Craft Infantry. French women and men watch the loading of the wounded aboard the LCI. Wounded American soldiers on litters being carried aboard.
A United States soldier suffering from severe burns and shock receive first aid from medics during World War II. A soldier, member of the 634th Tank Destroyer Forces, with severe burns is lying down on a stretcher and in extreme pain. The badly burned soldier breathes heavily. Bandages are applied. Medics treat burns with antiseptic and gauze. A medic brings more gauze. A medic holds a plasma bottle during transfusion for burn victim. Soldier with badly burned face on his side. Medic holds down the arm of burn victim receiving transfusion. A splint is applied to the arm of the soldier.
German prisoners under guard by United States soldiers during the Battle of St. Lo in Normandy during World War 2. German prisoners-of-war are being searched for items by the United States soldiers. German soldiers are being questioned by United States soldiers. A United States soldier inspects the coat of a German soldier before frisking full body. Soldiers wearing tags and Red Cross armbands. Captured German soldiers with tags are standing near a destroyed house. Two of the German soldiers appear to be non-white, and are thus probably Ostlegionen from the Turkestan Legion. French locals, two men and a woman, gaze at the German soldiers. A German soldier receives two canned food as part of his ration.
United States 101st Airborne Division paratrooper in a field outside the town of St. Marcouf on D-Day in World War II. Soldiers drawing sniper fire. Paratroopers rounding up and interrogate German prisoner of war. An injured German prisoner of war speaks to the paratroopers. A pile of helmets and equipment confiscated from German prisoners. A German prisoner talks while raising both his hands. Paratroopers of the 502nd Infantry Regiment in St. Marcouf. A heart-shaped symbol stenciled on a paratrooper’s helmet. A paratrooper chewing. Paratroopers look out for snipers during a mop up operation. They inspect the cemetery. U.S. troopers are seen riding captured German Panzer I Ausf.A Sd.Ktz.101 light tanks. One is pulling a field piece trooper riding on the barrel. 82nd Airborne Division soldiers walk past a sign 'St. Marcouf'. A soldier walks past a statue of the Virgin Mary. French civilians provide paratroopers information on German movements. One of the paratroopers smoke a cigarette behind a French civilian. A paratrooper speaks with French children. Paratroopers resting on the side of the road. Airborne and seaborne units make contact. A German tracked motorcycle parked on pavement, surrounded by 101st Airborne Paratroopers. 101st Airborne Paratroopers smile and hold a captured Nazi flag.
Few C-47 tow gliders flying low over beachhead. View of 42nd Field Hospital U.S. where large number of wounded soldiers lying on litters surrounded by many field hospital tents, following D-Day Invasion in World War 2. Closeup view of Airborne patches of 101st and 82nd airborne units sewn to the arm sleeves of U.S. Army soldiers. Wounded soldiers on stretchers eat rations. (World War II period).