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TRAFFIC POINT FOR TRANSPORTATION CORPS, ST. LO, FRANCE ; GEN. EISENHOWER VISITS 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION, HERZOGENRATH ; GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, EIGELSHOVEN, NETHERLANDS Part 1
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Signal Corps 111 ADC 2674 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-864-865) (SPX F) Card 1 of 2 2674-FILM: Arch & APC MP, 650' ea Silent LIB 503, TRAFFIC POINT FOR TRANSPORTATION CORPS, St Lo, France; 7 Nov 1944 MSs, CUs, US infantrymen are checked in and loaded aboard freight cars at Carentan RR station. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 CU "RTO" sign; soldiers in bg. MS, RTO officer and enlisted mian check soldiers. LS, traffic regulation control point on highway. MLS, two lines of trucks. One line moves out onto muddy road. CU armband "R. T. O., U.S.A." LIB 511, GEN EISENHOWER VISITS 30 TH INF DIV, Herzogenrath, Germany; 10 Nov 1944 HS, MSs, CUs, Gen Dwight D Eisenhower steps out of jeep, removes raincoat and is greeted by Gen Leland S Hobbs (without hat). Accompanying Gen Eisenhower is Lt Gen William H Simpson, Ninth Army. Gen Eisenhower leaves bldg with Gen Simpson; Gen Hobbs; Lt Gen Omar N Bradley, Maj Gen Raymond S Mc Lain, CG XIX Corps; Brig Gen Mc Quire, Chief of Staff, XIX Corps. All enter jeeps. LS, jeeps enter 30 Inf Div gate. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35THAVÉ, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps 111 ADC 2674 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-864-865) (SPX F) Card 2 of 2 2674F2LM: Arch & APC MP, 650' ea Silent LIB 512 GEN DWIGHT D EISENHOWER, Eigelshoven, Netherlands, 10 Nov 44 MS, FS, Gen Eisenhower walks thru wooded area to position where enlisted men are at attention. Gen Eisenhower is accompanied by Gen Simpson. MCU, Gen Omar N Bradley stands before enlisted men. VS, Gen Eisenhower converses with enlisted men of the 29th Inf Div commanded by Maj Gen Charles H Gerhardt, visible in bg. LS, VIPs walk on muddy trail; in bg Army band plays. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek
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