QUARTERMASTER ACTIVITIES SOUTH PACIFIC AREA, NEW CALEDONIA Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 2922 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (B-271A) Card 1 of 2 2922-1 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 607' ea Silent QUARTERMASTER ACTIVITIES SOUTH PACIFIC AREA New Caledonia; 8 Dec 44 Seq: QM cold Storage Plant at Noumea. Three one hundred pound cakes of ice are hauled from ice tank and dumped into a chute in ice storage room. Cakes of ice are issued to individual units. Checker issues New Zealand frozen beef from cold storage room. CU, frozen beef in stacks at plant. Various CUs, Japanese and English machinery in engine room of the US Army Cold Storage Plant. CU, ammonia control valves. Record Group 111 HS, ships in harbor of Noumea wait to unload. Accession Number III-NAV-210 LOH, merchant ships at dock unload QM cargo. LS, Pan, Montravel QM warehouse and Ducos ration dump warehouse areas. CU sign: "538th QM Salvage Repair Company - Island QM C&E Repair. 11 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps ADC 2922 111 SOURCE: AFCF (B-271A) Card 2 of 2 ADC 2922-2 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 607' ea Silent QUARTERMASTER ACTIVITIES SOUTH PACIFIC AREA CONT'D New Caledonia; 8 Dec 44 - Cont'd CU sign: "Tent Repair . Drive In Here." VS, pyramidal tent is hoisted and inspected by salvage repair unit. A cement patch is placed over hole of torn tent. VS, ripped tents are repaired by soldiers on sewing machines. CU sign: "Clothing- Textiles, Class IV Repair Section." Ints of QM salvage repair: Soldiers at se wing machines repair salvable clothing. Various CUs, repair of shirts. MCU, soldier measures collar of repaired shirt and stamps size upon it. MLS, clothing is inspected for possible salvage or repair. 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