75MM RECOILLESS RIFLE, OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS ; EVACUATING CASUALTY, OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 4828 SOURCE: AFCF (48-POA-3) 111 Record Group 111 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 536' ea Silent ADC Accession III-NAV-210 4828 75MM RECOILLESS RIFLE Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands 19 June 1945 MLSs, MSs, rifle is set up in wooded area, loaded and fired by soldiers. LS, shell bursts on terrain. CU, observer with field glasses. MCU, empty shell cases. MLSs, Japanese civilians picked up SW of Yuza wait transportation to stockade. EVACUATING CASUALTY Okinawa, ryukyu Islands 18 June 45 LS, infantrymen of the 77th Div advance on highway south of Iwo. MLSs, medics carry wounded man on litter over rough terrain. MLSs, MSs, casualty is loaded into vehicle. Cut to casualty being carried to tent at collecting station. MSs, treatment of wounded man with oxygen as he lies in L-5 plane prior to take-off. (Note: The wounded man is T/5 Leslie C Crocker, 3235th Signal Photo Detch motion picture cameraman.) ARMY PIGTORIAL 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