AIRBORNE, BAPAUME, FRANCE ; RHINE CROSSING, BUDERICH (?), GERMANY ; RHINE CROSSING, WILLACH, GERMANY ; AIRBORNE OPERATIONS, WEST OF BRUNEN (?), GERMANY Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 3641 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1466) Card 1 of 2 641-1 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 925' ea Silent LIB 4519 AIRBORNE Bapaume, France 23 Mar 45 MSs, MCUs, paratroopers of 513th Regt, 17th AB Div enter C-46 plane. Ints, control tower, two operators at work. LIB 4599 RHINE CROSSING Buderich (?) Germany 24 Mar 45 LS, US infantrymen cross field to bank of Rhine. LS, MSs, LVTs cross and recross Rhine Carrying troops of 30th Inf Div, Ninth US Army. Ext LS, east and west banks of Rhine River. Seq: LCVP pulls toward shore, jeep unloads. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY EBS/sj Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps 11 ADC 3641 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1466) Card 2 of 2 641-2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 925' ea Silent LIB 4638 RHINE CROSSING Willach, Germany 24 Mar 45 Seq: troops of 30th Div assisted by 171st Combat Engr Co cross river in LCMs. CUs, 40mm AA gun and crew on bank near crossing. CUs, M-4 tank disembarks from LCM on east bank. CU, soldiers on east bank rest. Sign in bg: "Mines." MSs, LCMs en route across river. LIB 4640 AIRBORNE OPERATIONS West of Brunen (?) Germany 26 Mar 45 vs, 17th AB Div paratroops unload gliders. Seq: Group of German prisoners is taken by US soldiers. LS, glider lands in field; in fg, US paratroopers in prone position. LS, glider lands and nose-dives. MSs, paratroopers on foot and in jeep leave Drop Zone. MCUs, several individual soldiers immediately after landing. One has bleeding face. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY EBS/sj Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities