France: Preparing For "D" Day, England; Battle Of Cherbourg, Eisenhower Visits 2nd Inf - ADC-1355

Summary

(INV 332) BATTLE OF CHERBOURG, FRANCE 1 July 1944 (M=306) LSs, MSs, wrecked harbor installations. LS, smoke rises up from artillery bursts in German positions near city. VS, US soldiers walk in single file, thru streets. (INV 333) GEN DWIGHT D EISENHOWER VISITS 2ND INF DIV, FRANCE 2 July 1944 (M-306) MSs, jeeps with general officers and staff arrive at 2nd Div area. Cens Eisenhower and Omar N Bradley chat with officers of the 2nd Div. (Listed are Gen L T Gerow, Maj Gen Walter M Robertson and George P Hays. These officers cannot be identified except Gen Robertson, CG, 2nd Div, the officer wearing glasses). Gen Eisenhower chats with his second cousin, Sgt G C Etherington of Abilene Kansas and of the Chemical Warfare Section. CU, Sgt Etherington. An officer starts to present Div staff officers to Gen Eisenhower. Gen Eisenhower, smoking cigarette, chats with 2nd Div officers. Gen Eisenhower listening to CG of 2nd Div as Gen Bradley listens. (B-495) PREPARING FOR "D" DAY Somewhere In England 6 June 1944 (M-191) VSs, US soldiers aboard ship perform calisthenics. (Soldiers are of the 1st Ind Div and 5th Engrs Spclst Brigade) MS, soldiers load demolition charge into LCVP. MS, sailor loads rockets into multiple rocket launcher. MS, soldiers arrange ammo belt in multiple barrel air-cooled MG. MS, sailors place waterproof cover over equipment. (INV 1) GEN DWIGHT D EISENHOWER, ENGLAND 5 June 44 (M-191) vs, Gen Eisenhower inspects and talks with paratroopers of the 101st Div Abn. (Troopers have blackened faces). MS, paratroopers with equipment on shoulders walk past tents. Gen Eisenhower speaks to men near planes. (Underexposed) Gen speaks to Brig Gen Maxwell B Taylor and other unidentified officers in front of bldg. The Gens walk thru crowd of troops, chats with men.