OPERATIONS AT HOLLANDIA AND AITAPE, NEW GUINEA Part 3

Description

Signal Corps ADC 3173 111 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (Proj 3808) 3173 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 873' ea Silent OPERATIONS AT HOLLANDIA AND AITAPE NEW GUINEA 24 May 44 CU, pan from legs of soldiers of 186th Inf Hq CP to mess gear as they stand in chow line. Record Group 111 MSs, soldiers seated in field eat from kits. Accession Number III-NAV-210 MCUs, CUs, Japanese prisoner seated on ground, guarded by soldiers, eats from mess kit. Seq at Cyclops Drome: TFB Avenger lands on strip, followed by C-47s landing in rapid succession. VS, soldiers of 186th Inf, 41st Div unload rations from C-47s and stack them. Seq: C-47 is refueled from gasoline drums. Pan from wind sock to soldier sending message with small signal lamp. LSs, Pan, PBY-6 lands on airstrip. Seq: Soldiers around portable radio transmitter on edge of field. One man speaks over phone. Seq: 3/4 ton weapons carrièr stuck in mud is partially extricated by caterpillar tractor.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities