COMMANDERS OF RANGOON OPERATION, RAMREE ISLAND, BURMA ; AIRBORNE INVASION OF RANGOON, BURMA ; PREPARATION FOR INVASION OF RANGOON, BURMA Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4151 111 SOURCE: AFCF (LR-79) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 744' ea Silent 4151-1 COMMANDERS OF RANGOON OPERATION Ramree Island, Burma 28 April 1945 MCUs, Maj Gen H M Chambers, CG, 26th Indian Div; Group Capt Pleasant; Rear Admiral B CS Martin, Air Vice Marshal; TheEarl of Bandon, Commanding Allied Air Forces and Lt Gen Sir Phillip Christison, Commander of the 15th Indian Corps pose in front of HQ. AIRBORNE INVASION OF RANGOON Burma 1 May 1945 Seq: Indian paratroopers of the 50th Paratroop Regt enter C-47s; planes take off. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 4151 SOURCE: AFCF (LR-79) Card 2 of 2 111 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 744' ea Silent ADC 4151-2 PREPARATION FOR INVASION OF RANGOON Burma 30 Apr 45 Seq: 26th Indian Div embark onto LSI (Prince Albert). VS, convoy of landing craft underway. MCUs, Gurkha soldiers resting on deck of ship. Seq: LCAs (British LCTs) moving up river in rain. MCUs, 15th Indian Corps, 24th Indian Div troops debark and run across beach. CUs, troops plod thru heavy mud. MCUs, MSs, troops and equipment (light tanks, jeeps, bulldozers and mobile guns) are unloaded from LCAs. CUs, Australian soldiers attempt to push heavy equipment thru muddy beach area. MCU, soldiers lay landing mats on beach. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities