PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 3068 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-174) ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 928' ea Silent 3068 PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS Los Negros Island Admiralty Islands Bismarck Archipelago, SW Pacific 2-6 Oct 45 MS, group of officers including Gen Verne Mudge at map in front of bldg marked "Commanding General, " Gen hands maps to two officers, walks to and enters jeep. MSs, CUs, trucks loaded with 2nd Bn, 1st Cay Div troops leave staging area. VS, large group of soldiers seated under tall trees await shipment. MSs, soldiers with full packs march to dock and enter LCM. CUs, soldiers climb landing net to board transport. VS, (underexposed), Army dentist and assi tant checks soldier's teeth in outside are CUs, sign: "Dental Clinic." Ints of dental tent, dentist at work on soldier's teeth CUs, soldiers impregnate clothes with insecticide by boiling them in vat. MSs, CUs, soldiers get haircut. (Portions have lost loop.) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities