World War II Photographs
Prisoners taken in first day of push on beachhead, lay on side of road near Feminamorta. All of them look extremely young. Most of them said were 18 but looked younger. Fifth Army, Feminamorta area, Italy. 23 May 1944.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, leans over the side of an amphibious "duck" on a beachhead, somewhere in France, to consult with one of his unit commanders. This was his first visit to French soil, and he was accompanied by Admiral King, right. Vierville-sur-Mer, France. June 12, 1944.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, center, Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, accompanied by General George C. Marshall, left, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, and Admiral King, right, stops his amphibious "duck" to question officers of a combat unit during his tour of Allied beachheads in Vierville-sur-Mer, northern France. 12 June 1944.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, center, Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, accompanied by General George C. Marshall, left, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, and Admiral King, right, stand up in an amphibious "duck" as they tour Vierville-sur_Mer, Northern France. 12 June 1944.
General Sir Bernard Montgomery, left, steps ashore from the launch bringing Prime Minister Winston Churchill, General Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; General Jan Smuts, Premier of the Union of South Africa, and Rear Admiral Barry to his headquarters, somewhere in France. 12 June 1944.
Dignitaries who are on their way to visit the headquarters of General Montgomery in France look out over the bridge of their warship for the first sight of the French coast. In the group are Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, Sir Alan Brocke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, General Jan Smuts, Premier of the Union of South Africa, and Rear Admiral Barry. 12 June 1944.
Members of a Ranger unit utilize captured German cavalry horses for dispatch riding and reconnaissance, somewhere in France. Technical Sergeant Russell Woodill, Worcester, Massachusetts, is the dispatch rider.
Their landing craft sunk by enemy action these American soldiers float shoreward on rubber life rafts. Despite enemy small arms fire they landed on the northern coast of France and continued on their mission.
An LST grinds ashore on the north coast of France and from its gaping mouth pews forth five jeeps adding their mobility and utility to the ever-increasing amount of men and material flowing onto the continent to aid the army of liberation. 12 June 1944.
French civilians, standing under the tri-color in their village, welcome three American soldiers, members of the Army of Liberation. The soldiers, left to right, are Private Clem Lore, Caldwell, Ohio, Sergeant Vincent De Angalis, Providence, New York, and Sergeant Robert Ryan, Schenectady, New York. St. Honorine, France. 12 June 1944.
Tanks of 756th Tank Batallion, moving along road to San Maria Infante from Minturno. Knocked out tank is British and has been there for months. Fifth Army, San Maria Infante area, Italy. 12 May 1944.
Tanks of the 764th Tanks Battalion along the road outside of Turo waiting to start on mission. Fifth Army, Turo area, Italy. 12 May 1944.
The men of an AAA Battalion Battery C, couldn't go see Marlene Dietrich, film actress, and her USO show, because of 24 hour watch, so Dietrich made to the Gun Pit. Left to right: T/5 Robert R. Mayor, Dubuque, Louisiana, Colonel Albino Martines, La Jara, Colorado, Marlene Dietrich in seat of Gun, listening to Sergeant Clyde Fought, Oahkoah, Nebraska, as he explains the 40mm AAA Gun to her and 2nd Lieutenant Harold G. Eilers, Portland, Oregon. Aversa area, Italy. 13 May 1944.
General Sir Harold R.I.G. Alexander (center), Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies in Italy, is shown with Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Lease (left), G.O.C. Eighth Army and Lieutenant General Mark U. Clark (right), Commanding Officer, Fifth Army. Caserta area, Italy. 1 May 1944.
General Charles de Gaulle reviews Allied troops during the celebration of the anniversary of the liberation of Tunisia from Nazi domination. Left to right: General Catroux; Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, USA; General de Gaulle, and Prince Chadli Bey, heir apparent to the throne of Tunisia. Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa. 7 May 1944.
On a visit to Bizerte, marking the anniversary of the liberation of Tunisia from Axis control, General Charles de Gaulle, left, and General Mast make a survey of the city which one claimed to have been the most bombed city of the Tunisian Campaign, and which is to be reconstructed in a short while. North Africa. 8 May 1944.
Previously seen in domestic photographs, this is the 8-inch gun at extreme elevation, camouflaged for action with the Fifth Army in Italy. It has a 34-ffot tube and, on its 240mm howitzer carriage, weighs 69,500 pounds. Casale, Minturno area, Italy. 14 May 1944.
Corporal Edward C. Smith, Savannah, Georgia, of C Battery, 697 F.A. Battalion, wipes off projectiles in preparation for a F+R mission. The conical nose of this shell, is hollow, serving as a wind-screen to lessen air resistance and thus increase the shell's range. Fifty Army, Casale, Minturno area, Italy. 14 May 1944.
Crew of C Battery, 697 F.A. Battalion put 102 pound bag of powder up ramp behind the projectile already in the 8-inch rifle's breech. This super charge will propel the shell to its target seventeen miles away. Fifth Army, Casale, Minturno area, Italy. 14 May 1944.
8-inch rifle seen from the rear immediately after firing. Dust clouds fill the air from the concussion. Fifth Army, Casala, Minturno area, Italy.
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