CHRISTMAS MAIL, CHERBOURG, FRANCE Part 3

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Signal Corps 111, ADC 2638 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-850-851) 2638 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 823' ea Silent LIB 442, CHRISTMAS MAIL, Cherbourg, France; 4-5 Nov 44 = Note: This story covers the largest single shipment of Christmas mail ever sent overseas at one time. Thirty million packages were brought in a single load by the 7, 000-ton freighter "Robin Tuxford". CU, "US Mail" sack on shoulder of soldier. RVs, mail sacks are carried by US soldiers and German prisoners and loaded aboard railroad cars. Seq: loaded freight car doors are closed and sealed by US soldier. MS, loaded train pulls away from dock. MS, US soldier crosses out German lettering on side of mail car and writes, "USA." 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