475TH INFANTRY, MANHAWN (?), BURMA ; SHIPMENT OF HORSES AND MULES, MYITKYINA, BURMA Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 2912 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (C-172) Card 1 of 2 2912-1 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 850' ea Silent 475TH INFANTRY MANHAWN, ?BURMA 11 Dec 1944 MSs, CUs, Co E, 2nd Bn, 475th US Infantrymen on road MSs, CUs, wounded soldiers are carried to aid station at Mo-Hlaing. CU, soldier with wounded arm and shoulder. CU, US officer studies map. MSs, CUs, US Field Artillery Unit with 75mm pack How on mules. LHS, column of soldiers and mules crosses flat open spaces. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps 111 ADC 2912 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (C-172) Card 2 of 2 2912-2 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 850' ea Silent SHIPMENT OF HORSES AND MULES Myitkyina, Burma; 9 Dec 1944 LS, truckloads of horses and mules at airfield accompanied by Chinese troops of 417th Regt, 14th Div. Ints, C-47, pack animals in improvised stalls. CUs, soldiers inside plane construct stalls and load animals. LS, numerous C-47s on airfield are loaded with animals, taxi and take-off. CU sign on tower: "Myitkyina North Airfield." NOTE: The shipment of horses and mules was accomplished by Col P Cochran's 317th and 319th Air Sqdns. These Sqdns established an historical feat in being the first to fly pack animals across the Hump of the Himalaya Mts. 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

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities