81MM MORTAR SQUAD IN ACTION, NORMANDY, FRANCE ; CHERBOURG HARBOR, FRANCE Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 1346 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-308) ADC FILM: Archives & APC MP, Silent, 702' ea. 1346 (INV 325) 81MM MORTAR SQUAD IN ACTION, NORMANDY, FRANCE 1 July 1944 LS, mortar squad of the 3rd Sec, Co D, 116th Regt, 29th Inf Div forms human chain to pass ammo to the front. MLS, men pass ammo from hand to hand. MS, mortar shell. CU, firing of 81mm mortar from foxhole. (INV 327) CHERBOURG, HARBOR, FRANCE 29, 30 June 1944 LS, MS, destroyed bldgs of harbor. MS, int, wrecked railroad station. LS, MS, destroyed German pillboxes. LS, US troops in formation in town square. MS, Maj Gen R O Barton, CG, US 4th Div, presents medals to officers and enlisted men of 2th Inf Regt, in courtyard of Hotel Atlantique former HQ & billets of Todt Organization. LS, wrecked hangars at seaplane base. LS, US soldiers load timber from captured German sawmill. MS, CU, sunken German ships block harbor. LS from German fortifications to harbor. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ke Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities