US 1ST MARINE DIVISION PELELIU OPERATION, PALAU ISLANDS Part 2

Description

Signal Corps ADC 2489 DC SOURCE: AFCF (USMC 1-D-16-52) Card 1 of 2 489-1 FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP 962' ea Silent US 1ST MARINE DIVISION PELELIU OPERATION, PALAU ISLANDS 25 Sept 44 Seq: Marines load and fire 155mm Hows. MSs, marines carry ammunition to battery of Hows. MSs, soldiers climb down cargo nets to go ashore. MSs, burning equipment on beach; shells explode nearby. MSs, LVTs come ashore thru beach obstacles, pass barbed wire; marines debark and proceed on foot. MSs, marines fire into Japanese dugout at close range. CU, marine attacks pillbox with flame thrower. CUs, Japanese personal effects left behind in dugout. NOTE: Quality is not the best, but footage is of historical nature involving 5th and 7th Marines and is retained for that reason alone. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERb/es Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 2489 C SOURCE: AFCF (USMC 1-D-16-52) Card 2 of 2 189-2 FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP 962' ea Silent US 1ST MARINE DIVISION PELELIU OPERATION, PALAU ISLANDS (Cont'd) 25 Sept 44 (Cont'd) MSs, CP dug into sand, covered with shelter tent. MSs, LSs, LVTs, some heavily armed, advanced thru jungle, followed by marines on foot. CU, dead Japanese in jungle. CU, wounded receive first aid and blood plasma from medics. MS, LVT and M-4 tank cross airfield. Excellent scene, group of marines makes its way thru jungle. A marine falls upon being hit by sniper fire. Record Group 111 CU, dead Japanese near airfield. Accession Number III-NAV-210 NOTE: Quality is not the best, but footage is of historical nature involving 5th and 7th Marines and is retained for that reason alone. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities