"BATTLE SLED", ANZIO, ITALY ; GENERALS TOUR ANZIO, ITALY Part 2

Description

Signal Corps ADC 1415 111 SOURCE: AFCF (0-835) ADC FILM: Archives & APC MP Silent, 643 ea. 1415 "BATTLE SLED" Anzio. Italy 6 May 1944 IS, MS CUs, US soldiers climb into sled attached to tank. LS., tank pulls sled fwd over open terrain; tank comes to a halt and soldiers run from the sled twd camera. MS, MCUs, CUs, Gen Mark W Clark, Brig Gen John W O Daniel Maj Gen Lucien K Truscott and other officers watch demonstration of battle sled. Note: Eight soldiers lie in individual troughs, somewhat like shallow bathtubs. These are connected by rigid supports to an M-4 tank and pulled along ground for the purpose of surprise attack. GENERALS TOUR ANZIO, ITALY 6 May 1944 MS, Gen Harold Alwxander, CG Allied Forces in Italy; Maj Gen Lucien K Truscott, CG, 6th Corps; Maj Gen Ernest Harmong CG 1st Armd Div view dem- onstration of tank maneuver. Record Group 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTRE, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ke Accession III - NAV - 210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities