ICE BOUND WATER POINT, REDENBOURG (?), LUXEMBOURG ; M-36 TD TURNED OVER, FISENNES (?), BELGIUM Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 3042 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M CODES) Card 1 of 2 3042-M: ARCH &APC MP 695' ea Silent LIB 1919 ICE BOUND WATER POINT Redenbourg, (?) Luxembourg 8 Jan 45 (M-1151) Seq: Soldier of 166th Engineers breaks ice in stream at point where intake hose is placed in stream. Soldier checks water flow thru hose, breaks ice floating on top of tank. VS, soldier checks solution and chlorinator. CUs, jeep trailer loaded with water cans. VS, soldier fills water cans with hose leading from tank. (Note: This entire sequence is photographed during snowstorm.) Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Signal Corps 111 ADC 3042 ADC 3042-SOURCE: AFCF (M CODES) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 695' ea Silent LIB 1897 M=36 TD TURNED OVER Fisennes, (?) Belgium 5 Jan 1945 (M-1143) MCU, overturned M=36 tank destroyer mounting a 90mm gun. MSs, soldier who was driving in jeep, leading disabled M-36 to the rear, explains to another soldier how the M-36 TD skidded on icy road, tumbled over bank and landed upside down in ditch. Seq: cables are attached to overturned M-36 and tank recovery unit rights the M-36. CUs, dead driver on ground; soldiers cover body with blanket. Seq: tank recovery vehicle M-25 backs up to TD to tow it back to repair point. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities