OPERATIONS AT BIAK ISLAND, SCHOUTEN ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1900 SOURCE: AFCF 2A-50 Card 1 of 2 111 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 986' ea Silent 1900-1 OPERATIONS AT BLAK ISLAND, Schouten Islands, Netherlands, New Guinea; 22, 23, 29 June 1944 LS, C-47e lined up on Mokmer Airstrip. A P.40 lands on the strip R/L, followed by another. MLS, two C-47s taxi out of line. C-47s taking off. Gen Robert L Eichalberger and Coll o P Newman, CO, 186th Inf, 41st DivD at perimeter three miles from Mokmer Airstrip. Col explains attack by Japanese. Dead Japanese on the ground. With the two is a large party of Ame rican officers and enlisted men. MS, Col explaining to Lt Gen Eichelberger. A man aims a 50 cal MG. Record Group 111 Three men, 186th Inf, cooking over an open fire. Two other men eating. Dead Japanese. Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek Signal Corps ADC 1900 111 SOURCE: AFCF 2A-150 Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 986 ea Silent 1900-2 OPERATIONS AT BLAK ISLAND, - Cont'd Schouten Islands, Netherlands, New Guinea; 22, 23, 29 June 1944 (1) Cont'd Gen Eichelberger with men displaying Jap flags. Five men display five Japanese flags. MLS, Eichelberger and Newman chat; men stand in the bg. Men of Co G, 186th Inf, eat 10-to-1 rations. Chaplain Irving Tange eats with the men. MLS, soldiers load dead Japanese into truck. Pan shots, battlefield where the Jap attack took place. MS, abandoned shells. Smoke over ground in wooded area. Two American soldiers stand in front of cave used by the Japanese. MLS, MS, damaged Japanese naval gun, Japanese searchlight on truck. MS, burned Japanese corpse is handled with a pair of tongs (?). American tank standing in the woods. Record Group 111 American patrol passes Japanese gun. Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER. 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF / ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities