2ND ARMORED DIVISION HONORED BY BELGIANS, HASSLET, BELGIUM ; 3RD DIVISION CROSSES THE RHINE, RHINE-FRANKENTHAL AREA, GERMANY Part 3

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Signal Corps DC ADC 3866 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1508) FILM: ARCH & APC MP 963' ea Silent LIB 4678 2ND ARMORED DIV HONORED BY BELGIANS Hasslet, Belgium 25 Mar 45 LS, taken from balcony of bldg in town square, pennant is presented to Brig Gen Issac D White, Commander of 2nd Armd Div, Ninth US Army. vs, colors and troops pass in parade as civilians cheer. LIB 4727 3RD DIV CROSSES THE RHINE Rhine=Frankenthal Area Record Group 111 Germany Accession Number III-NAV-210 26 Mar 45 VS, US tank burns after being hit by German artillery when attempting to cross river. (The tank was equipped for amphibious operations.) VS, engineers of XV Corps, US Seventh Army ferry artillery and supplies across Rhine in Dukws. VS, 3rd Div, XV Corps infantrymen load into assault boats and cross river. Excellent scenes, infantrymen unload from assault boats. Follow shots, infantrymen run thru smoke-filled wooded area to river bank, load into assault boats and cross river. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY EBS/sj

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities