ROAD BUILDINGS, OKINAWA ISLANDS, RYUKYU ISLANDS ; OKINAWA INVASION Part 3

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Signal Corps 11 DC ADC 3859 859-1 SOURCE: AFCF (6-POA-3) Card 1 of 2 FILM: Arch MP & APC MP, 7961 Silent ROAD BUILDINGS Okinawa Islands, Ryukyu Islands; 7 April 1945 vs, MP directing traffic at intersection of road building site. MCUs, bulldozers in operation. LSs, bulldozers constructing dirt roadway over coral reef. MSs, soldier operating heliograph from tower set up on beach. MCU, soldier speaking on portable phone. MSs, CUs, soldiers looking at wrecked Navy F6F plane on beach. vs, trucks crossing over bridge which is under repair. OKINAWA INVASION 6 April 1945 Record Group 111 vs, decomposed bodies in Japanese cave. Accession Number III-NAV-21Q CU, Japanese grenade on ground. vs, artillery observers spotting artillery in valley. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY MS/sj Signal Corps 11 DC ADC 3859 859-2SOURCE: AFCF (6-POA-3) Card 2 of 2 FILM: Arch MP & APC MP, 796' Silent OKINAWA INVASION (Cont'd) 6 April 1945 (Cont'd) vs, Japanese caves. CU, sad-looking soldier in trench. VS, soldier resting on side of road; some are smiling. vs, soldier looking at wrecked Japanese Zeros on Kadena airstrip. MSs, CUs, Lt Gen Simon B Buckner and Maj Gen John R Hodge looking at map. MSs, Generals leaving XXIV Corps Hq and entering jeep. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-21Q 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