GEN. WALKER KRUEGER VISITS 11TH AIRBORNE DIV, LIPA, BATANGAS PROVINCE, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; U.S. WAR MANPOWER COMMISSIONER ARRIVES IN, MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 5005 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-340) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 823' ea Silent 5005-1 GEN WALTER KRUEGER VISITS 11TH AIRBORNE DIV, Lipa, Batangas Province, Luzon Philippine Islands 17-19 July 1945 Seq: Two planes tow gliders, lifting them off ground in take-off. VS, Gen Krueger leaving plane is greeted by Maj Gen Joseph Swing, CG, 11th Airborne Div. MS, Gens Krueger and Swing. CU, Gen Krueger reviews troops. VS, Gen Krueger pins medals on Gen Swing, other officers and enlisted men. LS, paratroopers jumping from three C-46s. LSs, paratroopers floating to earth. LS from ground, plane towing two gliders. One glider cuts loose and banks for landing. VS, soldiers marching in review. Record Group 111 CU, feet of paratroopers as they march past camera. Accession III-NAV-210 MS, Colors fluttering alongside of the 11th Airborne Div flag. LS, planes and gliders lined on field. CU, cable on glider as it starts for take-off. MLS, glider landing on field. LS, glider at start of take-off. Rope breaks and glider coasts to side of field. Seq: C-46 flying low over field, picks up glider and tows it away. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS / Signal Corps ADC 5005 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-340) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 823' ea Silent 5005-2 US WAR MANPOWER COMMISSIONER ARRIVES IN, Manila, Philippine Islands 20 July 1945 vs, Mr Paul V Mc Nutt arrives by plane and is greeted by Gen Douglas MacArthur. MSs, CUs, Gen MacArthur greets members of the Mr McNutt's party as they come off plane. (Note: There is a very short scene of Gen MacArthur and Maj Gen Spencer B Akin waiting for plane to arrive.) Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities