GENERAL HENRY H ARNOLD VISITS BOLOGNA, ITALY ; CROSSING OF PO RIVER, ITALY Part 4

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Signal Corps ADC 4390 111 SOURCE: AFCF (0-1148) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1035' ea Silent 4390-1 GENERAL HENRY H ARNOLD VISITS BOLOGNA Italy 25 Apr 45 Seq: Sedan bearing 5-star Gen Arnold arrives at XV Corps CP. Gen steps from car and is greeted by Gen Mark W Clark. (Accompanying Gen Arnold is Maj Gen Benjamin W Chidlaw. ) Seq: Plane arrives at airfield and Gens Arnold and Clark step from plane and are greeted by Lt Gen Lucian K Truscott, Jr. Travel shot, Gens Arnold, Clark and Truscott tour city in jeep. MCU, Gens Truscott and Clark in conversation at airport. MS, Gens Arnold, Truscott, Chidlaw, Clark and Maj Gen Alfred M Gruenther posing for photographers. (A fourth Gen appears in this scene but cannot be identified.) CROSSING OF PO RIVER Italy 24 Apr 45 LS, men of the 86th Regt, 10th Mountain Div, in dukws cross the river north of Benedetto. LS, jeeps are hoisted into dukws. vs, dukw loaded with equipment rolls up on beach from water. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY EBS/dk Signal Corps ADC 4390 111 SOURCE: AFCF (0-1148) Card 2. of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC 1035' ea Silent 4390-2 CROSSING THE PO RIVER (Cont'd) Italy 24 Apr 45 MSs, jeep is unloaded from dukw on beach. LSs, German prisoners working with US infantrymen pass ammunition on beach. VS, soldiers climbing aboard dukws and moving across river. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY EBS/dk

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities