AT THE BURMA FRONT, INKANGAHTAWING, 20 MILES SOUTH OF SHADAZUP ; WOUNDED CIVILIANS, ST. LAURENT, SUR-MER, FRANCE ; INV 61, 62 Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 1492 111 SOURCE: AFCF Card I of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, Silent, 1,042' ea 1492-1 AT THE BURMA FRONT Inkangahtawing, 20 miles South of Shadazup; 12 May 1944 (c-044) The 2d Bn Mortar Pltn, 54th Regt, 22d Chinese Div, firing an 81mm mortar from a dugout position. CU, mortar shells are picked up from pile. Chinese soldier in foxhole is alerted by messenger. CU, Chinese soldier in dugout on the alert. MS & CU, dead Jap. Flies are on the body. Chinese fire a Bren gun in jungle. Two Chinese fire a 60mm mortar from entrenched position. A soldier runs out of the brush falls to the ground. Another with a sub MG does the same. Chinese soldiers of the 3d Bn, 64th Regt, as they advance thru jungle, fall to the ground, aim rifles, get up gun, etc. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 1492 111 SOURCE: AFC Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, Silent, 1,042' ea 1492-2 INV 60 WOUNDED CIVILIANS St Laurent, sur Mer, France; 8 June 1944 A wounded French girl is given blood plasma by American soldiers as her mother watches. She lies on a litter next to others occupied by wounded Americans. HIS, soldiers march inland from the beach. HS from embankment of trucks; invasion craft and equipment in the bg. MLS, American soldiers march twd and to R of beach. HIS, ships in the harbor, equipment on the beach, barrage balloons overhead. INV 61, 62 (SAME LOCATION) An LCT of Task Force 03 as it makes its way twd the French coast. VS, landing craft and ships of the TF under way. Views of Easy Beach. Noted is smoke from fires on the shore. VS, warships, landing craft in the harbor. An LCI, IST move past R to L. Views of smoke coming up from the shore; ships in the harbor. American soldier removes waterproofing from vehicles on the beach, ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities