MAJ. GEN. CLAIRE L. CHENNAULT LEAVES, CHUNGKING, CHINA ; KWEILIN, CHINA ; INDOCHINA RECONNAISANCE TRIP, INDOCHINA, BELOW MALIPO Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 5082 111 SOURCE: AFCF (C- 326) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 832' ea Silent 5082-1 MAJ GEN CLAIRE L CHENNAULT LEAVES Chungking, China - 3 Aug 1945 MS, flowers are presented to the Gen by the daughter of Gen J L Wong. VS, Gen Chennault shakes hands with Lt Gen Albert C Wedemeyer and other officers and then enters plane. vs, plane takes off from Chio Ling airstrip as people wave. KWEILIN, CHINA 1 Aug 1945 AVs, Erh-Tong airfield showing damage and bomb craters on strip. AVs, city of Kweilin. (Lost loop) AVs, destroyed buildings and bomb craters. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY FB/lzw Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 5082 111 SOURCE: AFCF (C-326) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 832' ea Silent 5082-2 INDOCHINA RECONNAISANCE TRIP Indochina, below Malipo - - 6 Aug 1945 MS, two American officers and Chinese officers study map. The American officers, Chinese officers, and Chinese soldiers move along mountain trails through low clouds on way to Malung Tsi. VS, party approaches ruins of French garrison at Aigio. VS, party inspects captured Japanese pillboxes and entrenchments at Malung Tsi. VS, officers at observation post look thru field glasses observing Japanese garrison at Quan Ba. VS, Chinese and American officers plot charts of military targets at Quan Ba. VS, at Div HQ at Sinkai. American and Chinese officers with Gen Liu discuss the planned trip to Mong-Pong using model of the village and trail. vs, the French garrison dinner is served by the Chinese. VS, packs are loaded on horses and party sets out on trip. VS, party makes its way along mountain trails and enters Malipo. VS, horses and equipment are loaded on bamboo raft. Raft is ferried across the Claire River at Nan Yah Ho. Record Group 111 MSs, unloading equipment and horses from raft. Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY FB/lzw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities