PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS, LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Part 2

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Signal Corps 205-1 ADC 3205 SOURCE: (A-174) AFCF Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH& APC MP 1033' ea Silent PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands - Oct 44 MCUs, Lt Gen Richard K Sutherland, Chief of Staff on bridge of USS Nashville with ship's captain. VS, lowering of paravane. MCU, Gen Douglas MacArthur smoking corncob pipe and wearing sun glasses aboard ship. VS, Gen Mac Arthur on USS Nashville speaks with Lt Gen George Kenney and Lt Gen Sutherland. VS, Gens MacArthur, S utherland, Kenney and President Sergio Osmena of the Philippines in PT boat en route to Leyte. vs on Leyte, Gen MacArthur and party including CBS reporter, Bill Dunn tour beachhead. Record Group 111 VS, landing craft en route to shore in bg battleships fire. Accession Number III-NAV-210 RVs photographed in LCVP en route to Red Beach; ramp is lowered and soldiers disembark. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/rb Signal Corps 11 DC ADC 3205 205 SOURCE: AFCF (A-174) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1033 ea Silent PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands Oct 44 (contd) ELS, cruiser and battleship fire upon Leyte. HSs, soldiers climb down cargo nets into LCVP MCUs, troops in LCVP en route to shore. Short cuts, troops dug in along beach, troops near jungle terrain crouch in shallow trenches, medics carry wounded man on litter thru jungle terrain, RVs, troops advance thru water hole. VS, soldiers dig in along edge of jungle; take shelter behind various village huts in their advance ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/rb 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