SENATOR BURTON K. WHEELER, ORLY FIELD, PARIS, FRANCE ; BREMEN ENCLAVE TO 29TH INF. DIV., BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY ; REHABILITATION, MUNICH, GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4666 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1799) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1096' ea Silent 4666-1 LIB 6748 SENATOR BURTON K WHEELER Orly Field, Paris, France 19 May 1945 Seq: Sens Wheeler, Homer Capehart, Ernest MacFarland, Albert Hawles, Maj Gen Frank Stoner, and Adm Joseph R Redman are greeted at airport by Gen William S Rambough and Maj Gen Smith (?). CU, Sen Wheeler and US Ambassador Caffrey speaking. LIB 6749 BREMEN ENCLAVE TO 29TH INF DIV Bremerhaven, Germany 20 May 45 Seq: Elements of the British 2nd Army, 51st Highland Div, transfer command to the Ninth US Army's 29th Inf Div. CUs, MSs, Maj GenCharles H Gerhardt, 29th Div CG, speaking at ceremony. MLSs, CUs, British flag is lowered and US flag is raised. Record Group 111 MS, Lt Gen Ryan G Horrocks (BR) speaking. Accession III-NAV-210 LS, British troops leaving area. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 4666 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1799) Card 2 of 2 111 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1096' ea Silent 4666-2 LIB 6750 REHABILITATION Munich, Germany 18 May 45 VS, under the supervision of the 120th Engr Bn, 45thDiv, German prisoners and US engineers build double-decker beds for use of Dachau's released prisonèrs. CUs, prisoners hammering boards into place. CU sign "Co A Beauty Rests, 2500 Bunks is a lot of Bunks". 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

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities