"WESTWARD IS BATAAN", INVASION ADMIRALTY ISLANDS, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO, TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA Part 3

Description

Signal Corps 011 ADC 3769 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (Proj 3808) 3769 FILM: Arch MP & APC MP, 950' Silent "WESTWARD IS BATAAN", INVASION ADMIRALTY ISLANDS, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO, Territory of New Guinea; March 1944 CU, Negro soldier cleaning his rifle aboard ship. VS, soldiers relaxing, playing cards, cleaning rifles, reading, etc en route. MS, Naval officer looking thru sextant. MS, soldier shaving aboard ship. LS, convoy at sea. VS, LCTs heading for shore. P-47s overhead. MS, LSTs hitting beach; soldiers wading ashore. VS, soldiers sitting in LSTs heading for shore. ELS, ship convoy on horizon. Night, LS, tracer shells zooming twd shore. MS, LST hitting beach. LS, LVTs, moving from beach into jungle. MSs, troops from LST wading thru water onto beach. vs, soldiers in LCTs heading for beach. Record Group 111 Accession Number III NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY MS/sj

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities