"WESTWARD IS BATAAN", OPERATIONS AT AARE AND WAKDE ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA ; MEDAL PRESENTATION, ABOARD SHIP SOMEWHERE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; LADY MOUNTBATTEN VISITS RAMREE ISLAND OFF CENTRAL COAST OF BURMA Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC ADC 3779 3779 SOURCE: AFCF (P3808, 1-D123, LR=65) Card 1 of 2 FILM: Arch MP & APC MP, 820' Silent "WESTWARD IS BATAAN" OPERATIONS AT ARARE AND WAKDE ISLAND Dutch New Guinea; 25 May 1945 (Proj 3808) LS, Wakde Island beach showing debris, fallen trees, and wrecked equipment. LCVP in fg. LS, two PT boats by wooden pier. MS, deck of LST loaded with trucks. Seq: Soldiers of 218th Field Artillery Battery setting up, loading and firing 15mm How at Arare. MSs, soldiers unloading 15mm shells from truck. CU, Army chaplain speaking at burial. MS, soldiers listening to chaplain MEDAL PRESENTATION Aboard Ship somewhere in the Philippine Islands; 22 March 1945 (1-D-123) Seq: Maj Gen John R Hodge and Maj Gen Archibald V Arnold present Silver Star to officers and men of the 7th Inf Div. MS, Maj Gen Hodge pins Silver Star on Maj Gen Arnold. Record Group 111 CU, medal on Gen Arnold's chest. Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY MS/sj Signal Corps ADC 3779 ADC 7779 SOURCE: AFCF (P3808, 1-D123, LR-65) Card 2 of 2 FILM: Arch MP & APC MP, 820 ¥ Silent LADY MOUNTBATTEN VISITS RAMREE ISLAND OFF CENTRAL COAST OF BURMA; 16 Feb 1945 (LR=65) Seq: Lady Mountbatten arrives at island in L-5 plane. She is greeted by British Maj Gen Lomax and taken on tour of hospital. 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