155 LONG TOM, OKINAWA ISLAND, RYUKYU ISLANDS ; GENERAL BUCKNER, OKINAWA ISLAND Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 3889 SOURCE: AFCF (16-POA-3) 89TILM: Arch MP & APC MP, 721' Silent 155 LONG TOM Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands; 19 April 1945 Seq: Marines of the 9th Bn, Field Artillery, loading and firing 155mm Long Tom from under camouflage net. CUs, hands screwing fuse on shell. GENERAL BUCKNER Okinawa Island; 21 April 1945 MSs, Lt Gen Simon B Buckner speaking with Maj Gen George W Griner. MS, Lt Gen Buckner enters jeep and drives off. CU, Soldiers of the 381st Inf, 1st Bn, unloading mortar ammunition from truck, running with it to position and unpacking it. LSs, shells exploding on ridge. 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