ORMOC AND MINDORO IDLANDS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 2929 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-176) ADC 2929 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 803' ea Silent ORMOC AND MINDORO ISLANDS Philippine Islands 7-13 Dec 1944 MCUs, MSs, Maj Gen Andrew D Bruce, CG 77th Div flanked by Maj A F Jacobson, CO, Medical Bn and Maj Robert J Mc Kithan, Div Sig O enter hospital area. Ints, Maj Gen Bruce watches surgical operation. VS, Gen speaks with wounded men. MCUs, Gen Bruce and officers look at maps. Excellent scenes, units of the 77th Div Inf board LCI in preparation for amphibious landing. (This scene taken at Leyte) LS, LCIs move past camera L-R. HS, deck of LST loaded with LVTs. Seq: LVTs come down ramp of LST, enter water and make way twd shore. (7 Dec 44) CU, Japanese seaplane on beach. CUs, bombsight, control panels, MG in wing tip and other portions of plane. MS, 77th Div Signal Corps linemen string wire at 77th Div CP. (12 Dec 44) Pan from feet of signalman in mud to soldier as he pulls wire. MS, soldier climbs coconut tree and fastens wire to tree. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Record Group 111 Accession Nurither TIT-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities