D-DAY PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 3187 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (A-182) Card 1 of 2 3187 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 917' ea Silent D-DAY PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS 20 Oct 44 LSs, planes bomb Japanese-held position on island. LS, MLS, battleships and destroyers bombard beach. HSs, 16" guns of ship firing. LS, Pan, convoy at sea. MSs, Lt Gen Walter Krueger, CG, Sixth Army discusses disposition of troops on Leyte with Dr J B Hayden, Civil Adviser on Philippine Affairs for GHQ and Col R A Kangelon, leader of guerrilla forces on Leyte. Short scene, Gen Krueger and Dr Haydenjump off ramp of landing craft and walk along beach occasionally stopping to speak to enlisted men. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps 111 ADC 3187 ADC 3187-SOURCE: AFCF (A-182) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 917' ea Silent D-DAY PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS (Cont'd) 20 Oct 44 (Cont'd) VS, Gen Krueger on Dulag, Leyte speaks with Rear Admiral R L Conolly and Maj Gen A B Arnold, CG 7th Div. Excellent scenes, Gen Douglas Mac Arthur walks forward and embraces Lt Gen Krueger. In bg are Lt Gen George C Kenney and Lt Gen Richard K Sutherland. MCU, Lt Gen Krueger and Lt Gen Kenney, CG of SEAF look at map. MCU, Gen Krueger and Vice Admiral Thomas C Kihkaid aboard PT boat bound for Tacloban. FS, Gen Mac Arthur and President Sergio Osmena of the Philippines in jeep en route to ceremony. VS, Gen Mac Arthur and President Osmena walk to front of government bldg where Gen Mac Arthur addresses assembly of troops and civilians. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities