GRAVES REGISTRATION ACTIVITIES, CHABAU TO NAMHKAN, BURMA Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 5147 SOURCE: AFCF (C-331) FILM: ARCH & APC MP 687' ea Silent ADC 5147 GRAVES REGISTRATION ACTIVITIES Chabau to Namhkan, Burma 8-18 Aug 45 MS, CUs, US soldiers paying coolie laborers. MCU, coolies. VS, bodies wrapped in tarpaulins are unloaded from truck on litters at 44th Field Hospital in Bhamo and carried to morgue. MS, sign over hut, "Morgue". Record Group 111 Accession III-MAV-210 VS, caskets containing bodies are loaded into C=47. VS, unloading of caskets from plane at Dinjan airfield. Cut-ins, C-47 taking off and landing. Seq: Funeral services at the American military cemetery at Panitola. Pallbearers carry flag-draped coffins and place them on lawn. Chaplain reads service; in bg a small group of US soldiers looks on. MLS, rifle squad firing salute. MCUs, Protestant and Catholic chaplains conducting services. CU, Bugler sounding taps. (Note: Soldiers are members of the 105th QM Graves Registration Platoon.) ARMY PICTORIAL 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