5332ND BRIGADE AT NAWHKAM, BURMA ; MEETING OF GENERALS WEI AND SUN, MUSE, BURMA Part 3

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Signal Corps 259-1 ADC 3259 SOURCE: AFCF (C-199) Card 1 of 3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 886' Ea Silent 5332ND BRIGADE AT NAWHKAM, BURMA 25 Jan 45 MCU, litter bearers carry wounded US soldier down hill. LS, rice fields near Nawhkam serving as drop zone for parachuted supplies. Short scene, wounded are placed near tent in hilly area. LS, Japanese shells drop near American positions, setting fire to small native village. Excellent RVs, US soldiers fire 30 cal heavy machine gun. Ext LS, US shells burst on Japanese held positions. LSs, burning village. LS, P-47s strafe Japanese positions. Excellent scene, dropping of supplies from C-47. Camera follows parachutes as they are released from plan e and fall to Nice fields. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/rb Signal Corps ADC 3259 SOURCE: AFCF (C-199) Card 2 of 3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 886' ea Silent DC 259-2 5332ND BRIGADE AT NAWHKAM, BURMA (Contd) 25 Jan 45 LS, evacuation of wounded by US soldiers. Soldiers carry wounded across fields and thru streams. (Also aiding in the recovery of the wou.nded are the Kachin guerrilla fighters and Burmese natives. ) LS, Japanese artillery shells burst in village near US positions. LS, native huts in flames. MCU, US soldiers on litters near edge of airfield await evacuation. Seq: L plane lands; wounded are loaded and plane takes off. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/rb Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 3259 111 SOURCE: AFCF (C-199) Card 3 of 3 DC 3259 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 8861 ea Silent MEETING OF GENS WEI AND SUN M,use, Burma 26 Jan 45 LSs, MSs, CUs, meeting of Gen Wei Li Wong, Commanding Chinese Expeditionary Force and Gen L J Sun, Commanding Chinese First Army at Muse. CUs, Gen Wei enter L plane. MSs, Gen Wei, Gen Sun and staffs, inspect medium Japanese tank which was captured by the 346th Regt Inf, 53rd Army, 11th Army Group, Chinese Expeditionary Force. Gens Wei and Sun leave in jeep for airstrip. 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