82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, MARNIA, NORTHWEST ALGERIA NEAR FRENCH MOROCCO, NORTH AFRICA Part 2

Description

Signal Corps ADC 2609 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (0-58) 2609 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 909' ea Silent 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, Marnia, N W Algeria, near Fr Morocco, North Africa; 15 June 43 vs, gliders of the 324th Field Artillery, Battery D are loaded with equipment. CUs from inside glider: crew raises nose and loads 105mm How aboard. LSs, CUs, crew fires 105mm How from camouflaged position. LSs, CU, medic gives first aid to wounded paratrooper in field. LS, several formations of C-47s fly low over field. VS, paratroopers of Co "D", 505th Regt march twd and board transport planes. VS, jumpers take their positions in plane. HS, soldiers debark from LCVPs and rush inland. (Soft focus) LS, shells explode on ridge of terrain. Record Group 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LICT, NY Accession Number III ERB/ek NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities