"WESTWARD IS BATAAN" ARRIVAL OF ELEMENTS OF THE 43D INFANTRY DIVISION, AITAPE, NORTHEAST NEW GUINEA Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 3987 SOURCE: AFCF (Proj 3808) 987 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, 818' Silent "WESTWARD IS BATAAN" ARRIVAL OF ELEMENTS OF THE 43D INFANTRY DIV Aitape, N E New Guinea 17 July 1944 VS, soldiers descending ship's ladder of transport, carrying barrack bags and entering LCM. MS, soldiers throwing barracks bags over rail of transport into LCM. Soldiers climb down landing nets into waiting LCM. CUs, soldiers coming down ship's ladder of transport. VS, soldiers wading ashore from landing craft. MS, 105mm HOW being unloaded from ship to landing craft. MS, gun crew placing 105mm HOW into sandbagged position on beach. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/1zw Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities