FRONT ACTIVITIES, WEST OF MONSCHAU, GERMANY ; 508TH BATALLION ADVANCE, LES AVENANTERRES (?), BELGIUM ; MAKING SNOW CAPS, VOSSENACH (?), GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 3058 111 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1147-1148) Card 1 of 2 3058-1 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 578' ea Silent LIB 1937 FRONT ACTIVITIES W of Monschau, Germany 6 Jan 45 MSs, 40mm AA gun emplacement. MSs, M-10 motor carriage of 644th TD Bn, FUSA in defensive positions in woods. LS, soldiers of C Co, 602nd Engineers Camouflage Bn attached to 15th Engrs, 9th Inf Div raise camouflage nets to screen road from enemy observation. LIB 1938 508TH BN ADVANCE Les Avenanterres, (?) Belgium 6 Jan 45 Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV- MS, chaplain in snowy forest conducts service for soldiers. Hood of jeep is used as altar. VS, soldiers of Hq Co, 3rd Bn, 508th Inf Parachute Regt, 83rd Div AB Infantry leave bivouac area and march on snow-covered road. CU, partially destroyed stone structure with huge icicles hanging from roof. Various MSs, CUs, soldiers in area clean weapons, read papers, shave, etc. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Signal Corps 111 ADC 3058 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1147-1148) Card 2 of 2 3058-2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 578' ea Silent LIB 1939 MAKING SNOW CAPES Vossenach, (?) Germany 6 Jan 45 MSs, CUs, soldier of 78th Div in front of dugout in wooded area makes snow capes from mattress covers on a captured German sewing machine. CU, soldier fits snow cape on another soldier. 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

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities