LST HIT BY FLYING BOMB, SOUTH FRANCE (36TH DIV SECTOR) ; ESTABLISHMENT OF 36TH DIV BEACHHEAD, GREEN BEACH, NORMANDY, FRANCE ; RESULTS OF BOMBED LST #282, GREEN BEACH, NORMANDY, FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 1645 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (0-941) 1645-BILM: ARCH & APC MP 964' ea Silent Card 1 of 3 LST HIT BY FLYING BOMB South France (36th Div Sector) 14 Aug 44 NIGHT SHOTS, from behind bldg wall, LST #282 burns as a result of radio- controlled flying bomb released from German Dornier approximately 2100 hrs on D Day. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/sj Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 1645 111 ADC SOURCE: AFCF ( 41) Card 2 of 3 1645-2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 964' ea Silent ESTABLISHMENT OF 36TH DIV BEACHHEAD Green Beach, Normandy France 16 Aug 1944 LSs, dukws leave LST and move down beach. MSs, US Mps guard large group of German prisoners. MSs, POWs in formation. CU, individual POWs. MSs, POWs march to and board LST under MP guard. MCU soldier on beach flags LST in harbor. Excellent scene, four dukws travel from harbor to beach. LS, LCI pulls to beach alongside LCT. MS, US sailor uses blinker on tripod to signal ships in harbor. vs, US soldiers speak with French civilian men, women and children. MSs, CUs, three bulldozers level beach; one pulls stalled jeep out of water. vs, Naval Beach Patrol on duty in marked off beach sector; one man sends message over telegraph key. RecordGroup 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps 111 ADC 1645 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (0-941) Card 3 of 3 1645-FILM: ARCH & APC MP 964' ea Silent RESULTS OF BOMBED LST #282 Green Beach, Normandy France 16 Aug 44 MSs, CUs, Pan damage to LST after bombing. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/sj Record Group 111 Accession Number 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