BASE SECTION NO. 2 (BORDEAUX), EMBARKATION OF TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE U.S., FEBRUARY 16, 1919 TO APRIL 15, 1919 Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Troops board ships, mostly transports. Reel 1, the 335th and 336th F.A. board the transport Powhatan; the 63rd Coast artillery, the Buford; casual troops, the Sierra. Wounded are carried aboard the hospital ship Comfort. Walking wounded and Gen. Strong board the Siboney; the 47th Coast Artillery, the liner Martha Washington; the 348th Inf., the French liner Chicago; litter patients, the hospital ship Mercy; 26th Engrs., the Calamares; casual troops, the Japanese liner Awa Maru the Luckenbach, and the Antigone. Reel 2, casuals board the liner Matsonia and the transport Pastores. Shows the battleship Arizona. Casual troops and Gen. Tuthill board the Henderson and the Wilhelmina: 157th Infantry, the Luckenbach; 20th Engrs., the Roanoke, 158th Inf., the Iowan; 16th Engrs., the Panaman; and 11th Engrs., the French liner Chicago.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films