"WESTWARD IS BATAAN": PARATROOP INVASION, NOEMFOOR ISLAND, SCHOUTEN ISLANDS, DUTCH NEW GUINEA ; "PROTESTANT SERVICE", "SUNDAY CHOW", OKINAWA ISLAND CAMPAIGN, RYUKYU ISLANDS Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 3890 DC SOURCE: AFCF (A-271, 17-POA-3) 890 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, 916' Silent "WESTWARD IS BATAAN:" PARATROOP INVASION Noemfoor Island, Schouten Islands, Dutch New Guinea 2-4 July 1944 VS, paratroopers jumping from C-47s and landing on Kamiri airstrip. Some of the paratroopers are helped out of their parachutes after landing. "PROTESTANT SERVICE" "SUNDAY CHOW," Okinawa Island Campaign, Ryukyu Islands 22 April 1945 Seq; Soldiers of the 7th Div at outdoor Protestant services. Soldier plays portable organ as soldiers sing. MS, CU, chaplain singing at service. VS, soldiers receiving packages of cigarettes. MS, soldier smoking. Seq: Soldiers moving thru chow line as food is dished out into mess kits. MSs, soldiers eating. Record Group 111 MS, soldiers cleaning their mess kits. Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities