DEVELOPMENT OF ISLANDS AIRFIELDS, OKINAWA SHIMA, RYUKU ISLANDS ; ATSUGI AIRPORT, TOKYO, JAPAN Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 2992 SOURCE: AFCF (A-702 & 3A-706, R-149) 111 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, 810' Silent ADC 2992 DEVELOPMENT OF ISLANDS AIRFIELDS Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Islands 18 Aug 1945 (A-702) AVs, Naha, Yonabaru, Machinato, Futema, Awosi, Kadena, Yontan, Bolo, Chimu and Motuba airfields. AVs, large number of C-54s lined up on Kadena airfield. ATSUGI AIRPORT Tokyo, Japan 30 Aug 1945 (3A-706, R-149) MS, CU, platoon of Japanese soldiers carrying heavy packs on airstrip. VS, Russian officers standing about. CU, sign on building: "Atsugi Tokyo Airdrome, Base Operation, 3d Airdrome Sqd, First in Tokyo. " MSs, CU, Japanese sentries on airfield. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 LS, soldiers of the 11th Airborne Div in Japanese trucks near hangar. VS, Lt Gen Robert L Eichelberger and Maj Gen Joseph M Swing speaking to Japanese Lt Gen Arisuye and liaison on airfield. LS, pan, soldiers of the 11th Airborne Div sitting in front of hangar. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities