ORMOC OPERATIONS, LEYTE GULF, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Part 2

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 2938 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (A-175) Card 1 of 2 2938-1 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 950' ea Silent ORMOC OPERATIONS, Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands; 11 Dec 44 VS, city of Ormoc, damaged and wrecked huts. CUs, Japanese soldier suicide by hanging. VS, 307th Regt, 77th Div troops march into city. MSs, LVTs in Ormoc, some tow AA guns. Short scene, medics treat wounded soldier and place him aboard jeep. MSs, engineerswork on timber bridge crossing small stream. MSs, soldiers wash and fill canteens around fountain in street of city; troops pass in bg. MSs, L-4 plane takes off from muddy airstrip. (Note: Scratch commences at this portion of reel and continues to end.) Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps 111 ADC 2938 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (A-175) Card 2 of 2 2938-2 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 950' ea Silent ORMOC OPERATIONS - CONT'D Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands; 11 Dec 1944 - Cont'd CUs, soldiers fire 4.2 mortar. CU, wounded soldier on litter is given tablets. CU, operation for removal of shrapnel from hip. (Underexposed.) CUs, soldiers unload gasoline and other supplies from LCT. Ints, casualties in evacuation hospital tents. CU, soldier fans flies away from wound. 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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities