US Negro Artillery Unit / Crossing River Seine Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 2187 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-529, R1 2 ) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 949' ea silent 2187-1 INV 1371 US NEGRO ARTILLERY UNIT, Mantes de Gassicourt, France; 24 Aug 1944 MSs, CUs, ammunition is delivered in carrier. CU, soldiers dig foxholes, read, play cards in rear of gun positions. MSs, CUs, fire control group. LS, Pan, target area; in fg 8" How fires. CUs, shell marked "Harlem to Hitler" is loaded and fired. CU, soldier at telephone. Record Group 111 ARMY PICTOR IAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 2187 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-529, R1 2) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 949 ea Silent 2187-2 INV 1375-1376 CROSSING RIVER SEINE, Near Mantes, France; 24 Aug 1944 MSs, CUs, US soldiers of the 314th Inf, 79th Div cross river in assault boats. Boats are manned by 304th Engineers. MSs, Maj Gen Ira C Wyche and Brig Gen Greer watch crossing. MSs, infantrymen march from river twd camera. MSs, CUs, Lt Gen Geo S Patton and Maj Gen I T Wyche. (scratches) CU sign: "Mantes La Ville." MSs, soldiers on vehicles pass thru Mantes. Signpost: "St Germain 31, Paris 40." Record Group 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Accession Number III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities