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

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Signal Corps ADC 1902 111 SOURCE: AFCF (4A-150) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM Arch & APC MP, 567 ea Silent 1902-1 OPERATIONS AT BIAK ISLAND, Schouten Islands. Netherlands, New Guinea; M-4 tank to the L of screen as it fires its MG. The tank has "Murder Inc" painted on it. LS, wooded area with a bit of smoke from the shellfire, supposedly the area of the Japanese cave which the tank is firing at. Two men of the 26th QM War Dog Pltn with their dogs search for Japanese. LS, soldier ties leash around a dog's head then tells him to run in a certain direction. MCU, dog straining at leash looks into wrecked hut. Another dog with his trainer holding him back on leash walks on embankment scouts area. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek Signal Corps ADC 1902 111 SOURCE: AFCF 4A-150 Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 567 ea Silent 1902-2 OPERATIONS AT BLAK ISLAND, - CONT'D Schouten Islands, Netherlands, New Guinea; Red Cross Clubmobile arrives on Boroke airstrip. The Red Cross field director passes out doughnuts to troops of the Ist Bn, 34th Inf, 24th Div. Lt Gen Robert L Eichelberger, Maj Gen Frink and party at Mokmer airstrip. American crew firing a small gun; looks like a 37mm gun. MLS, M-4 tank to L, a man in turret, as tank fires at enemy on cliff near Mokmer airstrip. (Enemy not visible.) Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC I, NY NF/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities