LIBERATION OF LARCHAMP, FRANCE ; US 117TH INFANTRY CLEANS UP, L'EDINE L'OBIERE, FRANCE ; LIBERATION CEREMONIES, ANGERS, FRANCE Part 3

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 2139 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-516 R1 1) Card 1 of 2 2139-1 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 960' ea Silent INV 1275, LIBERATION OF LARCHAMP, France; 16 Aug 1944 MSs, soldiers of Co A, 1st Bn, 109th Inf Regt, 28th Div advance into town. Frenchmen present soldiers with bottles of cider. MS, US soldier seated on ground uses field phone. In bg are grave markers of Nazi soldiers. VS, Free French civilian talks to soldiers. MSs, LS, RVs, patrol advances thru woods and into city, searching homes. INV 1276 US 117TH INFANTRY CLEANS UP, L'Edine L'Obiere, France; RecordGroup 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 17 Aug 1944 VS, squad of the 1st Bn AT Pltn sets up roadblock on outskirts of city during lull in action. VS. soldiers wash clothes. bathe in stream and shave. Signal Corps 111 ADC 2139 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-516 R 1) Card 2 of 2 233 9-2 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 960 ea Silent INV 1276, US 117TH INFANTRY CLEANS UP, - Cont'd L'Edine L'Obiere, France; 17 Aug 1944 CU, soldier digs foxhole. MS, soldiers set up 50 cal MG on AA mount. VS, mail call. Soldiers receive mail, read letters and open food parcels. CU, soldier cleans rifle; foxhole in bg. INV 1277, LIBERATION CEREMONIES, Angers, France; 10 Aug 1944 Record Group 111 LS, troops in formation in town square. Accession Number III-NAV-210 MS, band playing. MS, Maj Gen (unidentified) and mayor present medals to soldiers. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35THAVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities