PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION STREAMER AWARD, RHEYDT, GERMANY ; 3D DIVISION CROSSES THE RHINE RIVER, GERMANY Part 3

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Signal Corps 11 ADC 3858 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1508-1514) Card 1 of 2 858-1 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, 939' Silent PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION STREAMER AWARD Rheydt, Germany 25 March 1945 (LIB 4724) Seq: Maj Gen Charles H Gerhardt awards Presidential Citation to 115th Inf Regt, 29th Div. MS, CU, Maj Gen Gerhardt. VS, troops pass in review. MSs, smiling German children watching ceremony. MS, CU, Maj Gen Gerhardt tying streamers on flags. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 : ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS / es Signal Corps ADC 3858 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1508-1514) Card 2 of 2 858-2 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, 939' Silent 3D DIVISION CROSSES THE RHINE RIVER Germany 26 March 1945 (LIB 4725) MSs, men of the 2832 Engr, Seventh Army, building raft to ferry armor across Rhine River. MS, CU, sign: "Treadway Bridge. 11 MSs, smoke generators sending up smoke. VS, assault boats loaded with troops of the 15th Regt, 3d Div, crossing river. MS, CU, soldiers sitting in assault boat crossing river. Bank of river shot from assault boat as it approaches shore. MCU, soldiers debark from boat as it hits shore. vs, Dukws, loaded with guns and equipment, move into river and cross over. MSs, odd-looking canvas-type raft moving into water and crossing river. NOTE: Most scenes were shot while area was under heavy smoke screen. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/es Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAM-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities