2D ARMORED DIV, FRENCH ARMY, ON THE WAY, THE CHANNEL ; PRESENTATION OF MEDALS NEAR MARIGNY, FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 2026 111 SOURCE: AFCF Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 698' ea Silent 2026-1 INV 940, 2D ARMORED DIV, FRENCH ARMY, "ON THE WAY", The Channel, 31 July 1944 LS, from vessel of part of convoy carrying French troops to France: Troops on board vessel play cards on deck. MSs, CUs, of the men playing. CU, Sgt Julian Andre Arden, 34 years in the Army. CU, ribbons of his decorations including Croix de Guerre four times. Cut-ins, group of soldiers singing, smiling. MS, few Algerians with pet rabbit. Frenchmen walk to rail at the first sight of Cherbourg coast. The men cheer and wave. LAS, few men climb mast. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek Signal Corps ADC 2026 111 SOURCE: AFCF Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 698 ¹ ea Silent 2026-2 INV 940g 2D ARMORED DIV, FRENCH ARMY, "ON THE WAY", - Cont'd The Channel; 31 July 1944 CU, a Lt looks twd shore. Aboard a Liberty ship of the convoy as a truck is hoisted and moved to a landing craft alongside an LCT. A few men going down rope net to landing craft. The landing craft loaded with vehicles and some troops pulls away. Shot made from LCT as the men come down rope net. LS, Cherbourg harbor, landing craft, barrage balloons overhead. INV 946, PRESENTATION OF MEDALS NEAR MARIGNY, FRANCE; 31 July Seq: Maj Gen Manton S Eddy presents medals to members of the 47th Regt, 9th Inf Div, in the Comd Post area of the 47th Regt. Gen Eddy is Comd of Div. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF /ek Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities