"ICEBERG", KEISHE SHIMA (FOUR CORAL ISLANDS ABOUT 5 MILES FROM OKINAWA NEAR TOWN OF NAHA, RYUKYU ISLANDS) Part 3

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 3978 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (14-POA-3) 3978 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 758' ea Silent "ICEBERG" " Keishe Shima (Four coral islands about 5 miles from Okinawa near town of Naha, Ryukyn Islands) 31 Mar 45 LS, ships in convoy on horizon. LS, US planes fly over Nagannu Shima. LS, two LVTs going ashore; soldiers debark and move inland. Head-on shots, M-4 tractor comes off LST. LS, 155mm Long-Toms (rifles) in emplacements on sandy beach. MLS, Long-Toms are fired by men of the 420th Field Artillery Group. RVs, CUs, charged shells are placed in breech of Long- Tom. LS, soldiers make fast one of the gun trails in the sand. LS of ponton piers as doors of LST open. Head-on shots, M-4 high-speed tractor tows 15mm Long-Tom ashore from LST. LS, LSM nosed to beach with bow doors open. Navy man in fg signaling with flags. Seq: Soldiers lower gun jacks on 155mm Long-Tom. LS atop deck of LST under way with tents set up: soldiers laughing at one of the group doing a dance in a Japanese kimono. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities