PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS, LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Part 3

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 3191 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (A-182) Card 1 of 2 3191-HM: ARCH & APC MP 957' ea Silent PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS Leyte, Philippine Islands 19-22 Oct 1944 Ints, operation room, Officers and EM confer at wall map of Leyte. MCU, Gen Douglas MacArthur on unidentified beach with Gen George C Kenney. Seq: Gen MacArthur, Lt Gen Kenney and Lt Gen Richard K Sutherland get into jeep with Filipino officer. Full screen view, US troops aboard ship listen to GI orchestra entertainers. HSs, GI orchestra playing for the troops. Seq: US flag is raised on balcony of bldg in Tiloan, Leyte by Filipinos. Pan from US flag to faces of natives watching. LSs, barges and LSTS unlead near Violet 2 Beach. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 MLS, wrecked village on Leyte. MLS, semi-silhouette, US troops of 2nd Bn, 21st Inf wade ashore from landing craft. MSs, US soldier cuts hole into coconut and drinks milk from it. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Signal Corps 11 ADC 3191 DC 191-SOURCE: AFCF (A-182) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 957' ea Silent PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS (Cont'd) Leyte, Philippine Islands 19-22 Oct 1944 (Cont'd) Short cuts, landing craft beaching. MCU, CU, soldier in jungle terrain uses field phone. MSs, crew load 50 cal MG. VS, wounded soldier is placed on litter and carried to 7th Medics clearing station; another is placed upon jeep. MSs, Lt Gen Walter Krueger on Dulag near 7th Medic clearing station looks at maps and speaks to soldiers. VS, Filipino people returning to wrecked homes in Dulag. MCU, aged Filipino seated on caribou passes camera R-L. Record Group 111 CU, young Filipino lad carries aged Filipino woman. Accession Number III-NAV-210 MLS, MCU, US soldier speaks with guerrilla fighter. Seq: US officer looks at map, rushes to Piper L-4 and takes off for enemy observation flight. Low AVs, Leyte beachhead crowded with barges, LSTs, dukws, etc. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities