BASE SECTION NO. 1 (ST. NAZAIRE), EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FOR THE UNITED STATES, APRIL AND MAY, 1919 Reel 1 · Part 3

Description

Troops board ships, mostly transports. Reel 1, 88th Div. troops board the Orizaba, Artemis, Dakotan, Texan, Aeolus, Mercury, Pocahontas, and Rijndam; 15th Cavalry troops, the Panama; and 317th Machine Gun Bn., the Roanoke. The liner Matsonia, with 81st Div. troops aboard, passes through the locks. 649th Aero Squadron members board the Santa Paula; and Gen. Johnston and 91st Div. troops, the Calamares. The hospital ship Mercy passes through the locks. Reel 2, the Santa Paula departs. Casual troops board the Virginia. Gen. Wright poses on the DeKalb. Meat is hoisted from the ship's hold. The DeKalb enters the locks and steams to sea. 113th and 138th Inf. troops board the Aeolus; 111th Inf., the Mercury; 112th Inf., the Pocahontas; 103rd Engrs., the Finland; 109th Inf., the freighter Maui; Gen. Price and 28th Div. troops, the Mongolia; and 110th Inf., the Santa Oliver. Reel 3, The Iowan and the Paysandu enter the locks. Families of troops board the Manchuria; 105th Engrs. and casual troops, the Zeelandia; and 110th Inf. troops, the Luckenbach.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films