ACTION AT PELELIU, PALAU GROUP, WEST CAROLINE ISLANDS, WEST PACIFIC ; US TROOPS AT SALERNO, ITALY Part 3

Description

Signal Corps ADC 3426 DC SOURCE: AFCF (USMC & USN) Card 1 of 2 426-1 FILM: Arch DN & APC MP, 660', ea Silent ACTION AT PELELIU, PALAU GROUP, W CAROLINE ISLANDS, WP; Sept 1944 (USMC ID-35-81) LS, dusk, four ships off coast of Peleliu Island. LVTs move in. Smoke moving up from island, ships in the water, flash from one of the warships, probably shelling the island. Cut-ins, LVTs moving in under smoke screen. LVTs approach the beach. VS, marines move inland. Marine attacks dugout with flame thrower. MS, marine crouched in front of dugout. HMS, dead Japanese soldier. CUs, other dead Japanese. Record Group 111 Wrecked tail assembly of Japanese plane. Accession Number III-NAV-210 Follow shot, marines carrying wounded on litter. VS, some from long distance, of marines advancing over open field. Some shots show a few tanks being followed by the marines in their advance. A shell explodes in the bg. Marines continue advance across the open field; smoke from explosions in some scenes. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY NF/sj Signal Corps 111 ADC 3426 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (USMC & USN) Card 2 of 2 3426-2 FILM: Arch DN & APC MP, 660', ea Silent US TROOPS AT SALERNO, ITALY Sep 1943 (USN 1274) No captions MS, Gen Walker and staff study map outdoors. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY NF/sj 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