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INVASION-SUPPLIES AND PRISONERS, FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 2009 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-295-296 British Signal Photo Co) 2009 FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP 939' ea Silent INVASION-SUPPLIES AND PRISONERS France 23 June 44 MSs, LSs, convoy en route to beachhead. MSs, Col Kirk B Lawton on bridge of British warship. MSs, LSs, soldiers and vehicles unload from LST. MS, L-4 plane on 2 1/2 ton cargo truck. MSs, group of British paratroopers. LS, planes drop supplies by parachute. MS, M-4 British tanks move to front. Some tanks equipped with "Scorpions." MS, dead cattle in field, nearby are some dead German soldiers. MS, British patrol look for snipers in French village. MSs, destroyed German tank and gun in village. LS, German prisoners double time across field to POW enclosure. MSs, CUs, prisoners under guard digging graves for American dead. CUs, prisoners eat in enclosure. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210

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Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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1944-06-23
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