POL (PIPELINE), CHERBOURG PENINSULA, FRANCE Part 2

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 1984 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-435) Card 1 of 2 1984-1 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 1064 ea Silent POL (PIPELINE) Cherbourg Peninsula, France; 26 Jul 44 NOTE: After the fall of Cherbourg the US Engineers rushed men and equipment to set up a POL pipeline. The pipeline services the front line troops at St Lo and Lesie area. MS, oil pipeline. CU, gasoline drums. LS, destroyed storage tanks abandoned by Germans. MS, CU, US engineers load captured German 5 gal containers with gasoline on 2 1/2 ton trucks. MSe, CUs, pipeline crosses trestle built of saplings. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps 111 ADC 1984 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-435) Card 2 of 2 1984-2FILM: Arch & APC MP, 1064 ea Silent POL (PIPELINE) - Cont'd Cherbourg Peninsula, France; 26 July 1944 . Cont'd MSs, CUs, pipeline storage tanks, pumping station, valves and sand traps. MS, engineers unload pipes from 2 1/2 ton trucks. CUs, MSs, engineers weld pipeline. CU, sign: "Misc Junk". Pipes, valves and other fittings in bg. CU, crates with sign "500 barrels", tanks in bg. MS, pipeline crosses Bailey bridge. MS, tanker in harbor; flexible hose attached to pipeline at dock. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities