503rd Moves to Okinawa
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION - RADI0-TV-NEWSFILM BRANCH ROOM 2E791 EXTENSION 75111 Release No 157-60 Footage: 125' DUPE NEGATIVE TO: FINE GRAIN 10; 23 June 1960 503RD MOVE TO OKINANA (Official Army footage released by Department of Defense) The main body of the 82nd. Airborne Division's battle groups leave Fort Brass, Earth Carolina, to because part of the u. s Army Pacific Forces, stationed on Reimforced with artillery, engineer, aviation, maintenance and other supporting units from the 82nd, the Battle Group will give the Commander-in Chief, Pacific, a more flexible response is the Western Pacific. The 1900-man Battle Group will be assigned to the 25th Infantry Division USARPAC's Strategic Reserve Force. The remaining four Battle Groups of the Division will remain in Havaii Sequences show: (a) Mean of the 52nd Airborne Buttle Group, 503rd Infentry gather beside relic of WHII, a C-47 plane, as they are briefed on their coming move to (b) Filling out final forms. (e) Mess march up to and halt by "The Rock", a segment from Corregidor, where the non of the 503rd jumped during the re-invesion of Lason by American troopers. This monto of the war is now taken with the unit where ever it goes, to remind old timers and to reassure seweoners that they with "The Rock" (d) Receiving instruction on the new "Capewell Canopy Release" and water landiage when they jump. The 2nd Battle Group is the first American Unit to be completely outfitted with this canopy, which enables a man to discard his 'chute in a hurry, thus avoiding dragging either on land or in the waber (e) Receiving final issu duties shots. (f) New being fingerprinted. NOTE TO EDITORS: Rended out to Fox-UP, Washington, for servicing both TV and thestrical pool neebers. Fine grain to be forwarded to Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York, within 72 hours. NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication GREEN and distribution to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. It is then to be returned within 72 hours to the Film Library, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dupe negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so desiring for duplication purposes. Within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be avail- able to non-pool members and other authorized organizations which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The dupe negative must not be cut in any manner. E10575
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer