WORLD WAR II DEAD, SAIPAN, MARIANAS ISLANDS, W. PACIFIC Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 6991 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2166) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 934' ea Silent 991-1 WORLD WAR II DEAD Saipan, Marianas Islands, W Pacific SPX 66 21 Feb 1948 MLS, the American flag being lowered in 27th Inf Div cemetery. LS, Army chaplain offering benediction. LS, graves in the cemetery. LS, "SS Water W Schwenk" at open pier being loaded with remains of war dead for repatriation to the US. VS, coffins are loaded aboard the ship. CU, soldier of AGRS checking notation on clipboard. MLS, two caskets being hoisted from pier and lowered into ship's hold. Trailer truck loaded with caskets leaving mausoleum shed. MLS, covering caskets with tarpaulin. MS, caskets being checked on trailer for accuracy. Convoy of casket-laded trailers leaving mausoleum area. LS, convoy en route to dock area. CU, sign "Saipan Army Port, Authorized Traffic Only". Casket convoy arriving at pier. At the 27th Div cemetery workmen placing screen around graves before exhuming operations begin. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/sj Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 6991 11 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2166) Card 2 of 2 DC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 934' ea Silent 991-2 WORLD WAR II DEAD (Cont'd) Saipan, Marianas Islands, W Pacific (Cont'd) SPX 66 21 Feb 1948 (Cont'd) LS, Crosses and Stars of David on graves. Scenes: AGRS team exhuming bodies in 2nd Marine Division Cemetery, Saipan. CU, sifting of sand during digging operations to recover small bones. Several AGRS workers removing remains from grave, including skull, bones. Bones are placed on tarpaulin prior to checking them for completeness. Sifting sand for smaller bones and items of identification: dog tags, and jewelry. Reports clerk filling out disinterment and identification blank. Remains being checked for completeness. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/sj Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities