COMBAT ACTION, PELELIU ISLAND, PALAU GROUP, WEST CAROLINE ISLANDS, WEST PACIFIC Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 3421 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (US Marine Corps ID-16-69) Card 1 of 3 421- FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP 931' ea Silent COMBAT ACTION, PELELIU ISLAND, PALAU GROUP, WEST CAROLINE ISLANDS, WEST PACIFIC Oct 1944 Marines climb aboard dukws. Pan to line of dukws filled with marines. ( Orignal LC card says preparing to leave rest area. ) Ind CUs, marines waiting in the dukws. VS, marines marching back to front line over coral hills, thru shell-damaged jungle. MS, two marines on the alert. One marine has a war dog next to him; he pets Record Group 111 the animal. Accession Number III-NAV-210 NOTE: This is a blowup from 16mm; being kept because it was shot during some actual combat conditions. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY NF / es Signal Corps ADC 3421 SOURCE: AFCF (US Marine Corps ID-16-69) Card 2 of*3 421-2FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP 931' ea Silent COMBAT ACTION, PELELIU ISLAND, PALAU GROUP, WEST CAROLINE ISLANDS, WEST PACIFIC (Cont'd) Oct 1944 (Cont'd) 2D BN, SEVENTH MARINES RV of marine firing rifle. MCU, CU, RV, marine firing 30 cal MG. MCU, a soldier seated on the ground reads a letter, grins. MS, marine resting his rifle on a fallen tree trunk fires rifle. MS, marine firing an automatic rifle. Record Group 111 RV, another marine firing a rifle. Accession Number III-NAV-210 MS, marine pulls pin out of grenade and throws it. HS, looking thru mass of tangled trees: flames from a flame thrower are directed at a point in the middle fg. Three marines carry a litter and are followed by two other men. MLS, marine holds a rocket launcher on his shoulder preparing to fire it; he taps it, nothing happens. A few other soldiers watch. NOTE: This is a blowup from 16mm; being kept because it was shot during some actual combat conditions. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY NF/es Signal Corps ADC 3421 SOURCE: AFCF (US Marine Corps ID-16-69) Card 3 of 3 21-3FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP 931' ea Silent COMBAT ACTION, PELELIU ISLAND, PALAU GROUP. WEST CAROLINE ISLANDS, WEST PACIFIC (Cont'd) Oct 1944 (Cont'd) 2D BN, SEVENTH MARINES (Cont'd) MS, a tank fires L/R, also a few tracer shells. MS, marine against an embankment fires an automatic rifle. Side view, marine holding rifle walks L/R. MS, another man leaning against an embankment watching carefully, chewing gum. Marines get food from a field mess line. MLS, marines straggling back on road. In some scenes the men are passing a tank. NOTE: This is a blowup from 16mm; being kept because it was shot during some actual combat conditions. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY NF/es

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities