CARGO CHANGING POINT FROM DUKWS TO CARGO TRUCKS, UTAH BEACH, FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1338 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-328) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Archives & APC MP, Silent, 979° ea, 1338-1 (INV) 388 CARGO CHANGING POINT FROM DUKWS TO CARGO TRUCKS Utah Beach, France 5 July 1944 IS, dukw moves into Dispatch Point. MCU, dukw passes checker R-L. MCU, to LS, dukw moves twd water. CU, two dukws enter water. VS, US soldiers unload supplies from truck to shed. Seq: LS to MS, dukw pulls alongside crane. Soldier hooks load to crane, crane lowers load over dukw and supplies are dumped into it. MS, 1,000 lb bomb load swinge from dukw to truck. LS, truck stops at check point. CU, Sgt, at truck check point. LS, four LSTs beached at low tide as troops and vehicles unload Barrage balloons overhead. Bulldozer pulls bogged vehicle from ramp across sandy beach. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ke Record Group 111 Accession III- NAV - 210 Signal Corps ADC 1338 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-328) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Archives & APC MP, Silent, 979ª ea. 1338-2 (INV 388) CARGO CHANGING POINT FROM DUKWS TO CARGO TRUCKS Utah Beach, France 5 July 1944 CONT D MS, main deck ramp of LST is lowered and trucks, armored scout car and other vehicles roll down ramp. VS, truck traffic moves into "QM Master Receiving Unit"; supplies are unloaded by lift truck. LS to CU, dukws move along beach. IS, British Coaster with dukw alongside. MS, tray of 155mm artillery shells are loaded into dukw; dukw pulls out. CU, shells in dukw. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ke Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities