ARMY POST OFFICE NEAR VIERVILLE, FRANCE ; B-24 CREW WHICH BAILED OUT OF BURNING SHIP NEAR TREVIEWS, FRANCE ; NEAR NORMANDY, FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1488 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-284) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP 995' ea Silent 1488-1 (INV 236) ARMY POST OFFICE NEAR VIERVILLE, FRANCE 21 June 44 MS, US Army mail clerks from the various units in the field pick up mail in the lobby of the bldg. MSs, CUs, US soldiers at post office await their turn before stamp window. Seq: Jeep arrives near Celeville, location of the 30th Chem, 231st Ord Bn area. Mail clerk calls to the men in the field; men rush from their tents to receive mail. CU, two soldiers read letter. MS, CU, mail is sorted at APO bldg. VS, soldier with hand stamp cancels V mail envelopes for shipment to the States. (INV 237) B-24 CREW WHICH BAILED OUT OF BURNING SHIP NEAR TREVIEWS, FRANCE 22 June 44 LSs, MSs, burning B-24 plane. Seq: US flyer and parachute caught in tree is aided to ground. French civilians surround the flyer upon his descent. (S/Sgt Eugene L Eck, Jr, 8th AF, 715th Bomber sqdn, 448th Gp is identified as the flyer.) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - - 210 Signal Corps ADC 1488 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-284) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP 9951 ea Silent 1488-2 NEAR NORMANDY, FRANCE 22 June 44 vs, co-pilot, 2nd Lt Bobbie R Crandall, Compton, Calif. seated in jeep speaks with US soldiers and French civilians. (Co-pilot and pilot of the R-24 listed above later met at this point.) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek 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