"WESTWARD IS BATAAN", BIAK ISLAND, SCHOUTEN ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC ADC 3300 3300 SOURCE: AFCF (Proj 3808) FILM: ARCH & APC MP 703' ea Silent "WESTWARD IS BATAAN" Biak Island, Schouten Islands, Netherlands New Guinea 14 June 44 LSs, MSs, soldiers of the 186th Inf Regt march in double file along road near Mokmer airstrip. LS, medics with rolled up litters on their shoulders, follow in line past wrecked Japanese tank. MCU, Brig Gen Jens Doe, Asst Director Commander of 41st Div at CP on beach speaks on field phone. MS, crew fires 75mm Pack How. CU, shell is placed in breech of 75mm How. Seq: Casualties struck by Japanese fire are moved on beach to LVTs for evacuation. Three LVTs crawl on beach into water. RV, three LVTs under way in open sea. MS, Pan, two wrecked Japanese planes on strip. MS, LS, M-4 Sherman tank rolls along devastated beach area. LS, M-4 tanks dug in along side of Mokmer strip. Short scene, hastily constructed US cemetery on island. MS, dead Japanese soldier in jungle. Seq: Naked US soldiers on beach bathe in shallow water. One soldier squats while another pours water from a pail over him. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY ERB/sj

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities