BAGUIO ATTACK (MT. MIRADOR), LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; ADVANCE OF 37TH DIVISION, BAGUIO, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Part 3

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Signal Corps ADC 4129 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-280) Card 1. of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 923' ea Silent 4129-1 BAGUIO ATTACK (MT MIRADOR) Luzon, Philippine Islands 23 April 1945 Excellent scenes, US mortar crew loads and fires 4.2 mortar near Baguio. RVs, tank fires at Japanese held position atop monastery hill. LSs, shells striking hill. LSs, RVs, soldiers atop M-18 mortor carriage observe hits as big gun on M-18 is fired. MCUs, CUs, soldiers of the 129th Inf crouched in tall grass fire a 30 cal water- cooled MG into valley below. LSs, RVs, from behind 37mm gun position as shells strike distant terrain. LSs, MSs, CUs, 129th Infantry soldiers climb up very steep hill. CUs, soldiers feet gripping ground as they climb hill. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 4129 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-280) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 923' ea Silent 4129-2 ADVANCE OF 37TH DIV Baguio, Luzon, PI 23 Apr 45 Seq: M-18 motor carriage firing from highway to monastery atop Mt Mirador. LSs, MSs, infantrymen crouched along roadside with tank in bg. Dead Japanese soldiers along highway. Head-on shot, two US soldiers bring in US soldier with face completely bandaged. Seq: MG crew along road fires as other soldiers crouch nearby. LS, RVs, soldiers advance very cautiously on road. LSs, soldier fires BAR near stalled tank. Two other soldiers stand alongside. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities