NEW ZEALAND TROOPS LAND ON GREEN ISLAND, NORTH OF RABAUL NEW BRITAIN ISLAND, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 1681 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (US Navy Opr Release) 1681 FILM: Arch & APC MP 7878 ea Silent D.N. NEW ZEALAND TROOPS LAND ON GREEN ISLAND, NORTH OF RABAUL NEW BRITAIN ISLAND, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO (No captions) (No date) LS, beach, soldier in fg. LS, barrage balloons are towed to shore by small boats. LSs, CUs, barrage balloon as crew hoists balloon over LST. MS, LST under way with barrage balloon overhead. MS, MGs and 40 mm guns fire at sleeve target. LS, convoy of LCIs and LSTs. LS, beach as shells hit near shoreline. Record Group 111 HS, troops land in dense underbrush. Accession Number III-NAV-210 MS, medium tank comes out of LST onto beach. MS, soldier in full field pack wades thru water. MS, loaded trucks roll off LST. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/sj

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities