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American Troops Advance And Shell Cisterna Italy; Admiral W.L. Ainsworth Presents Awards, USS Honolulu and USS St. Louis, 1943-1944
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United States Naval Photographic Center film # 4183. National Archives description "1) MS Two Sherman tanks, one of which has turret shot off, sitting on front lines; man in jeep driving in BG; grass in FG. 2) MS Sherman tank with turret knocked off; bombed out bldg. in BG. 3) MS Destroyed Sherman tanks sitting on front lines; tracks of tanks lying in FG; body of German soldier lying in front of tanks. 4) MCU American soldier taking off helmet and removing piece of toilet paper from it; bombed out bldg. in BG. 5) MS American war dead lying in trench; grass on each side of trench; flies crawling over bodies. 6) MCU-ECU Same as above; half of soldier's leg lying beside body. 2V 7) LS Germans shelling Cisterna, Italy. 8) LS Explosions; house shot up and bombed in FG. 9) LS Explosions beyond house; tanks and homes bombed out in FG. 10) LS Explosions ; shell bursts; smoke rising on horizon of Cisterna, Italy. SV 11) LS Small village; smoke columns; shell explosion 12) MS Destroyed American tanks; dead American lying under a tank; soldiers walk over to dead man and cover his body; German tank with turret knocked off. 13) MS Dead American soldier lying under tank; track of tank broken. 14…
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy., United States. Navy, USS Honolulu, Rites And Ceremonies, USS Honolulu (CL-48), Ainsworth, W. L. (Walden Lee), 1886-1960, USS St. Louis (CL-49), World War, 1939-1945 -- Tank Warfare, USS St. Louis, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded, World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Cisterna, World War II, M4 Sherman Tank, Navy Cross (Medal), Hayler, Robert W., 1891-, Battle of Cisterna
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