PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS, TRAINING FOR INVASION Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 2988 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (A-174) Card 1 of 2 2988-1 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 951' ea Silent PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS TRAINING FOR INVASION 16-18 Oct 44 Excellent CUs, soldiers aboard USS Elmore listen to invasion briefing by officer. CUs, Col A S Newman, CO 34th Inf Regt, 24th Inf Div points to relief map showing Red Beach where 19th and 24th Inf Regts will land. Seq: Pie Beach, Hollandia, New Guinea, infantrymen get out of truck on beach. (8 Oct 44) VS, infantrymen get into landing craft. Short scene, enlisted man washes dust from hands and face as he waits for LCV. VS, troops in embarking and debarking drill on transport. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps ADC 2988 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-174) Card 2 of 2 ADC 2988-2 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 951' ea Silent PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS - CONT'D TRAINING FOR INVASION - CONT'D 11 Oct 1944 VS, aboard transport, Hollandia area, 24th Div Inf crew lowers M-8 motor carriage into LCM. LS, convoy lays smoke screen in practice operation. VS, briefing aboard USS Fayette by officer. Excellent CUs, soldiers listen to briefing. (17 Oct 44) MCUs, CUs, badly wounded man on beach receives blood plasma and first aid. CUs, medic bandages head, hands and face wounds of soldier. Seq: M-4 tanks, infantrymen at Tacloban airstrip. MS, wrecked M-4 tank in mud. CUs, injured tank crewmen lying in water, receive first aid. CU, injured tank crew member. Record Group 111 HSs, MSs, LVT enters water from LST. Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LICI, 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