24TH AUSTRALIAN BRIGADE LANDS AT LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO ; 37TH DIV ADVANCE ON LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4771 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-319, 317) ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 910' ea Silent 4771 24TH AUSTRALIAN BRIGADE LANDS AT LABUAN ISLAND, North Borneo 9 June 45 (A-317) Seq: Aboard LCI 749 a soldier sketches portrait of two of his buddies; soldiers playing cards, chess, reading, and cleaning MGs. MSs, briefing of troops by officer. VS, Australians disembarking from LCI at beach. Some men stumble and fall with their heavy packs. VS, troops moving along trail on island. LSs, MSs, Gen Douglas MacArthur on Labuan with Lt GenSir Leslie J Morehead, CG of the 1st Australian Corps. 37TH DIV ADVANCE ON LUZON Philippine Islands, 11 June 45 (A-319) Seq: Patrols of the 148th Inf Regt advance on village of Lantat on Highway #4. LSs, patrols advancing over field. LS, infantry waiting in fields and along edge of road. Smoke screen and explosion

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities