"WESTWARD IS BATAAN": PARATROOP INVASION, NOEMFOOR ISLAND, SCHOUTEN ISLANDS, DUTCH NEW GUINEA Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC ADC 3882 3882 SOURCE: AFCF (A-271, Proj 3808) FILM: Arch MP & APC MP, 1,044' Silent "WESTWARD IS BATAAN": PARATROOP INVASION Noemfoor Island, Schouten Islands, Dutch New Guinea; 2 - 4 July 1944 LSs, paratroopers jumping from C-47s onto Kamiri airstrip. Soldiers watching in fg. MS, paratroopers of the 503d marching along airstrip. MSs, CU, LVTs firing tracers and flame throwers at Japanese pillbox. LSs, paratroopers jumping from C=47s. LS, pan, camp area near beach. Damaged trees in fg. vs, paratroopers jumping from C-47s. MS, RV, two soldiers firing rifles into Japanese cave. CU, soldier firing automatic into Japanese cave. CU, dead Japanese soldier. LSs, paratroopers jumping from C=47s. MS, five supply chutes coming down on airstrip. Seq: Paratroopers caught in trees. Soldiers helping them down. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY MS/sj Record Group 111 Accession Number I II-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities