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Belgian bomb disposal units. A U.S. Army quartermaster salvage unit picks up a pile of white phosphorus mortar shells recovered in good condition by the Belgian bomb disposal units. They will be shipped to the Pacific theater.

Openingsplechtigheid van de gemeenschappelijke R.A.F. — U.S.A.A.F-tentoonstelling in de Bijenkorf te Den Haag. De luitenant-generaal John K. Cannon, bevelvoerend generaal van de Amerikaansche luchtstrijdkrachten in Europa, heeft medegedeeld, dat aan Z.K.H. Prins Bernhard is toegekend de onderscheiding „Senior Officers' Wings" van de Amerikaanse luchtmacht, uit erkentelijkheid voor zijn verdiensten ...

U.S. insectide combats typhus. W.A. Davis of New York City, member of the Rockefeller Foundation, examines the head of a little Italian girl for lice as the U.S. Army combats typhus conditions in Naples. A new insectide developed in the U.S., DDT, kills typhus carrying insects. Trained personnel composed flying squadrons which bombed Naples during the outbreak of typhus in the city and investigated ...

U.S. THUNDERBOLT FIGHTERS ESCORT BOMBERS OVER GERMANY. A formation of U.S. Army Air Forces Thunderbolt fighter planes form a protective cover for Allied bombers en route from bases in England to blast enemy military installations in Germany and occupied Europe. The long-range, high-altitude Thunderbolt is the fastest and most heavily-armed U.S. fighter plane. In combat over Europe, the Thunderbolt ...

U.S. engineers erect pontoon bridges at St. Sauveur. Members of a U.S. Army engineering unit, prepared for such emergencies, erect a pontoon bridge at St. Sauveur, Normandy. Most of the bridges over the river were destroyed by the retreating Germans. St. Sauveur le Vicomte was captured after bitter fighting by American troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force during their drive across the Cherbourg ...

Amerikaanse para's tijdens Waaloversteek, canvas bootjes opname A Bridge Too Far

U.S. Army nurse tends baby born in Italian battle area. A U.S. Army nurse uses an eye dropper to feed a baby born in the battle area of Italy, while the baby's Italian mother looks on. The baby was delivered by U.S. doctors, and its crib was made from a box in which Army rations had been packed.

U.S. Equipment clear ruins of Isigny in France. A U.S. truck, power shovel and bulldozer cooperate in clearing the rubble from the town of Isigny of France, which the Germans were forced to abandon on June 10, 1944, under overwhelming Allied pressure. Allied reconstruction of liberated areas of France is in full swing. Isigny is 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Cherbourg, liberated by the Allies ...

U.S. troops enter St. Sauveur Lendelin. Half-tracks belonging to a U.S. reconnaissance unit go over a new bridge which has been set up temporarily to enable troops and supplies to enter St. Sauveur Lendelin. The town was captured July 29, 1944, during the great Allied push which resulted in U.S. armored columns sweeping through Brittany with powerful Allied forces consolidating the liberated territory ...

U.S. medical corpsman delivers baby in Italy. A U.S. medical corpsman, George McKenny, former mortician of Atlanta, Georgia, visits an Italian mother and the baby which he delivered in the Fifth Allied Army area in Italy, in an emergency call when no Italian doctor or midwife was available. McKenny said: This delivery was a little out of my line. Since the Allied landings in Sicily and on the Italian ...

U.S. Medical corpsman tends wounded U.S. soldier. A medical corpsman with the First U.S. Army tends a bazooka man wounded during a concerted drive when units of Lieutenant General Courtney H. Hodges' army reached Pier, Germany, 15 miles northeast of Aachen. Another infantry unit of the First Army was reported driving on Goich, with tank support, December 10, 1944, three miles below Pior. Medical corpsmen ...