ARRIVAL OF ALLIED POWS, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN ; ABOARD THE "MONROVIA", PRIOR TO INVASION OF SICILY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 2797 DC SOURCE: AFCF Card 1 of 2 797-4film: ARCH & APC MP, 663' ea Silent ARRIVAL OF ALLIED POWs Yokohama, Japan 6 Sept 1945 - (A-717) LS, Pan, US hospital ship "Marigold" at pier. Pan, smiling, waving and cheering released prisoners. CU, a Negro soldier holds a US flag and sings vs, at railroad siding, prisoners seated at train windows are given chocolate bars by nurse. MS, released wounded prisoners are carried on litters aboard train. LS, released POWs are given doughnuts and coffee at pier. Circulating among the released men are Lt Gen Charles P Hall, CG and Brig Gens John A Elmore and George V Keyser of XI Corps. R (Note: These prisoners were largely those captured on Bataan and Corregidor. There is also a representation of Australian, British, Canadian and Dutch soldiers. These Allied prisoners were evacuated from the Japanese prison camp of Niiaga on Honshu Island.) Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw Signal Corps 11 ADC 2797 DC SOURCE: AFCF Card 2 of 2 797-2FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 663' ea Silent ABOARD THE'MONROVIA' Prior to Invasion of Sicily 8 July 1943 - (0-70) Seq: US and British personnel at work in code and cipher rooms MSs, US Navy personnel listen over earphones and transcribe messages on type- writers in message center. VS, Army personnel at work in Message Center. CU, messages are placed in chutes and pulled aloft. MS, Navy man picks up message at Distribution Center. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities