36TH DIVISION, D-DAY, SOUTHERN FRANCE Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 2146 111 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (0-938, R1 3) 2146 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 971'ea Silent 36TH DIVISION ,D-DAY, Southern France; 11-15 Aug 1944 MLSs, MSs, US soldiers of the 143rd Inf Regt, 36th Div on hillside near beach. In bg is unfinished German pillbox. VS, troops move up hill, unload from LCIs at beach and move twd St Raphael. MSs, soldiers on foot and Dukws towing 105mm Hows move inland, past bombed and wrecked railroad tracks. MSs, CUs, prisoners on beach. MSs, CUs, bulldozer fills shell holes to level road for vehicle passage. MLS, two LCIs beached, unload troops and equipment. MSs, convoy at sea and near harbor of Pozzuoli, Italy. VS, first assault wave of E Co, 141st Inf en route to Green Beach. LS, firing of multiple rockets from LCT. LSs, RVs, first troops hit Green Beach and move inland. MSs, CU, sailors hose deck of LCI. 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