WESTWARD IS BATAAN, ABOARD USS HOPEWELL, AITAPE HARBOR, NEW GUINEA ; ACTIVITIES OF AIR EVACUATION STATIONED AT 92D EVACUATION HOSPITAL ON OWI ISLAND (?), SCHOUTEN ISLANDS OFF NORTH WEST NEW GUINEA Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC ADC 2805 2805-1 SOURCE: AFCF (Proj 3808, A-173) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, 770' ea Silent WESTWARD IS BATAAN Aboard USS Hopewell Aitape Harbor - New Guinea 22 April 1944 - (Proj 3808) MS, CU, torpedo tubes swinging into position. LS, pan, convoy on horizon. Seq: Interiors, crew loading powder charges and shells into hoist. CUs, hands removing cover from 5" gun. Record Group 111 MSs, officer looking thru binoculars from bridge. Accession Number III-NAV-210 CUs, officers on deck using compass, binoculars and alidade. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/lzw Signal Corps 111 ADC 2805 ADC 2805-2 SOURCE: AFCF (Proj 3808, A-173) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, 770' ea Silent ACTIVITIES OF AIR EVACUATION STATIONED AT 92D EVACUATION HOSPITAL ON OWI ISLAND (?) (cont) Schouten Islands off N W New Guinea - (A-173) Cut story: Nurses checking in at HQ after flight. Nurses go to their quarters where they relax by reading mail. They do their laundry and iron, stroll in nearby country; rise before daybreak and report for schedule. C-47s take-off. Wounded on litters are loaded onto planes. Nurses comfort patients while in flight. Wounded are unloaded from plane to ambulance as nurse checks record. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/1zw Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 111 1.0.V

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities