SEC OF WAR HENRY L STIMSON VISITS NORMANDY, FRANCE ; INVASION OF SAIPAN, MARIANA ISLANDS Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1364 111 SOURCE: AFCF ADC FILM: Archives & APC MP, Silent, 983° eas 1364 SEC OF WAR HENRY L STIMSON VISITS NORMANDY, FRANCE 17 July 1944.9 (M-372) CU, Gen Omar N Bradley and Sec of State visit 267th Field hospital tent. MS, VIPs visit Jayhawk, 4th Div cemetery and pay respects to grave of Col Teddy Roosevelt, Jr. Travel shot, jeep travels on highway thru Carentan to beachhead. MS. party overlook Omaha Beach beachhead. LS, party enters jeep and travel to another hospital area, INVASION OF SAIPAN MARIANA ISLANDS 22 June 1944 (I-D-76) MS. LSs, battlefield filled with mortar smoke. VS, patrol goes out on field to recover equipment and pick up dead soldiers. MS, soldier with carbine and walkie-talkie walks across field. MS. four soldiers carry dead twd camera on litter, Wrecked wooden structure and devastated area; soldiers rest in fg. LS, across valley to Mt Topotchaus explosions from shells and mortar fire in bg. MS. soldiers eat in cane fielda Record Group 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ke 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