PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INVASION, OFF LEYTE GULF Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 2616 111 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (A-169) Card 1 of 2 2616-FILM: Arch & APC MP, 917' ea Silent PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INVASION, Off Leyte Gulf; Oct 1944 HS, MSs, CUs, troops hold lottery to select color guard. MSs, CUs, color guard, officers and men stand at attention on bridge of ship. (Soldiers hold US and Philippine flags.) HS, soldiers and sailors on deck of LST. MSs, CUs, sailor seated on superstructure makes sketches of convoy at sea. vs, soldiers eat, sleep, relax on LST en route. MS, officers brief soldiers on deck of ship. MSs, LCMs and LSTs in convoy approach Philippine coast. MLS, LCVP heads beachward. LS, beach lined with landing craft. MSs, soldiers seated on deck of ship eat chow. MSs, MCUs, soldiers wash mess gear. Record Group 111 Pan from deck of LST, convoy at sea. Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps ADC 2616 SOURCE: AFCF (A-169) Card 2 of 2 C 16-2 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 917' ea Silent PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INVASION, - CONT'D Off Leyte Gulf; Oct 44 - Cont'd RV, LCVP flying US flag heads for Red Beach. MS from behind MG position on LCVP to landing craft in bg. CU, naval officer looks thru binoculars. LS, wrecked native huts. Pan to light tank entering jungle. CUs, hands, face and feet of dead Japanese soldier. MLS, soldiers and ambulances debark from landing craft. 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