CHURCH SERVICES, CEBU, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; EVACUATION OF WOUNDED, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; BOMBING OF JAPANESE POSITIONS, MARANAG, CENTRAL MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Part 4

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Signal Corps ADC 4473 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-304) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 979' ea Silent 4473-1 CHURCH SERVICES Cebu, Philippine Islands 20 May 45 MSs, sailor rings church bell at chapel of the 532nd Engr Boat and Shore Bn located in Spanish Fort San Pedro. VS, soldiers and sailors enter fort thru archway stopping to read sign announcing the time of Catholic, Protestant, and Lutheran services. Short scene, church services. EVACUATION OF WOUNDED Record Group 111 Mindanao, Philippine Islands Accession III-NAV-210 14 May 1945 Seq: Wounded soldiers of the 124th Inf Regt who were transported by ambulances from the 24th Surgical Hospital, arrive at Maranag Airstrip where they are loaded aboard C-47s. The C-47s taxi and take-off. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 4473 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-304) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 979' ea Silent 4473-2 BOMBING OF JAPANES E POSITIONS Maranag, Central Mindanao, Philippine Islands 10-14 May 1945 LSs to MSs, Navy Corsairs dive-bomb Japanese positions in jungle area. Camera follows bombs as they are released from plane and fall to target area. MSs, napalm bombs exploding behind foliage. Excellent Pan, devastation of jungle caused by bombing and shelling. CUs, several Japanese dugouts in shelled jungle area. HS, US soldier standing in huge bomb crater. MCU, two dead Japanese soldiers. VS, dead Japanese soldiers lying in burning grass. MLS, taped off area where Japanese equipment used during Banzai raid charge is shown. Included are Japanese light MG with fixed bayonet, knee mortars and other equipment. Record Gropp 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