"WESTWARD IS BATAAN", MACARTHUR IN HOLLANDIA, DUTCH GUINEA Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 3772 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (Proj 3808) 3772 FILM: Arch MP & APC MP, 940' Silent "WESTARD IS BATAAN" MacArthur in Hollandia, Dutch Guinea; Spring 1944 Seq: Gen Douglas MacArthur arrives at Finschhafen Airfield (NE New Guinea) and is greeted by Lt Gen Walter Krueger and officers. MSs, Gen MacArthur boarding US cruiser Nashville. ELS, flashes from gun fire of destroyer off mountainous coast. Seq: Gen MacArthur bidding goodbye to officers aboard Nashville, going down ship's ladder and embarking in waiting landing craft. LSs, smoke from fires on coast. MS, Gen MacArthur leaning on side of LCVP. LMS, Gen MacArthur leaving cruiser Nashville and getting into PT boat. MSs, Gen MacArthur standing in PT boat as it passes ships in harbor. RV, Gen MacArthur viewing ships in harbor from bridge of Nashville. Seq: Gen MacArthur and party disembark from LCVP and are greeted by Maj Gen Horace H Fuller. They go on inspection tour of beachhead. vs, burning supplies left by Japanese. MSs, soldiers inspecting Japanese height finder and long range gun. MS, Gen MacArthur and officers viewing invasion fleet from signal bridge. LS, ships moving along coast. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY MS/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