GENERAL PATTON REVIEWS ARTILLERY DEMONSTRATION, GRAFENWOHR, GERMANY ; V-J DAY CELEBRATIONS, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 5123 SOURCE: AFCF (M-2022) Card 1 of 2 LLI ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 653' ea Silent 5123-1 GEN PATTON REVIEWS ARTILLERY DEMONSTRATION Grafenwohr, Germany 19 Aug 1945 (LIB 7302) VS, Gen George S Patton Jr, Maj Gen Stafford Leroy Irwin and staff visit and inspect captured German 280mm railroad gun. MS, Gen Patton arrives by Piper Cub plane and is greeted by Gen Irwin and other officers. VS, Gen Patton visits gun positions, talks to soldiers at forward observation post, and observes artillery hits. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY FB/es Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 5123 SOURCE: AFCF (M-2022) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 653' ea Silent 123-2 V-J DAY CELEBRATIONS North Platte, Nebraska 12 Aug 1945 CU, headline in North Platte Telegraph: "Peace! Jap Warfare Ends". VS, celebrating in streets of city. Soldiers and civilians riding around on fenders and roofs of cars, waving, drinking from bottles. Soldiers and civilians holding whiskey bottles and walking through streets in groups, hugging and kissing girls. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY FB/es Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities