INVASION OF LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 3150 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-187) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 885' ea Silent 3150-1 LUZON INVASION Philippine Islands 4-9 Feb 45 MS, Filipino family greets Maj Gen Oscar W Griswold, CG, XIV Corps, and places lei around his neck. Exts, Gen Griswold and staff study map with other officers. HMSs, Gen Douglas MacArthur boards the cruiser "Boise" at Leyte Gulf. LS, convoy at sea on 6 Jan, heads for invasion. LS, heavy antiaircraft fire above convoy. Record Group 111 LS, battleships firing AA guns and bombarding Luzon island. Accession III-NAV- LS, Japanese plane diving thru tracer and AA gun fire toward cruiser "Phoenix". The plane strikes carrier on port side. LS, carrier afire; in bg, explosion and flames are visible as a result of burning plane. Full screen view, heavy AA fire from cruisers. CU, 57 and 40mm AA guns on warships in action. Side views, Gen MacArthur, Maj Gen Richard J Marshall, Chief of Staff, USAFFE and Brig Gen Lewis Beebe Chief of Staff SEAF aboard cruiser Boise watching Signal Corps ADC 3150 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-187) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 885' ea Silent 3150-2 LUZON INVASION (Cont'd) Philippine Islands 4-9 Feb 1945 (Cont'd) VS, Gen MacArthur and Lt Gen Geo C Kenney and other officers advance on Blue Beach from LCM. LS, Gen MacArthur steps from jeep and wades thru water to return to LCVP. MS, Filipinos on shore wave to party. MSs, Gens MacArthur and Kenney seated in LCVP under way. VS, Gens and party inspect the beach. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities