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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
ARMY DAY FLAG RAISING Part 1
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Summary: Coblenz surrounded by winding river. Soldier's looking over Ehrenbrietstein Fortress. Troops presenting arms to Gen Bradley at flag raising ceremony. Lined up before microphones are Gen Omar N Bradley, Gen George S Patton, Brig Gen Norman D Cota, Gen Lee S Gerow, Lt Gen Courtney H Hodges, Lt Gen Alexander M Patch, Gen Perry, Maj Gen Elwood R Quesada, Gen Edmund B Sebree, Maj Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg, Lt Gen William H Simpson and other high ranking officers. SLAVES FREED BY AMERICAN TROOPS.: 04/05/1945: Group of freed female slaves display yellow crosses painted on backs of their clothes and numbers tattooed on left arm. Released Allied prisoners wildly cheering and applauding soldiers; embracing, kissing, and hoisting them up on their shoulders. LS, burial ground for slaves who died in captivity. Thousands of graves marked by sticks in the ground.
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities
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