BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION, SAAREGUEMINES, FRANCE ; MAJ. GENERAL WALTON H. WALKER, METZ, FRANCE ; CHRISTMAS DAY WITH 79TH INFANTRY DIVISION AT THE FRONT, GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 2971 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1109) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 690' ea Silent 2971-1 LIB 1633 BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION Saareguemines, France; 24 Dec 44 LS, wrecked steel railway bridge and adjacent highway masonry bridge. CUs, engineer of 63rd Engr Bn, 44th Div cuts ends of bridge beams. VS, infantrymen march along road thru small village. LIB 1634 MAJ GENERAL WALTON H WALKER Metz, France; 23 Dec 44 CU, 6th Armd Div band plays. MSs, CUs, Mayor of Metz and French Gen Andre Dody present scroll to Maj Gen Walker making him honorary citizen of the town. (Gen Dody is assisted by Brig Gen William A Collier, Chief of Staff XX Corps.) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 2971 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1109) Card 2 of 2 ADC 2971-2 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 6901 ea Silent LIB 1635 CHRISTMAS DAY WITH 79TH INF DIV AT THE FRONT Germany; 25 Dec 44 MSs, CUs, soldiers of 79th Div, Seventh Army in vineyard dig foxholes in frozen ground. MSs, infantrymen of Cos A and B, 15th Inf Div move across fields and thru vineyards. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities