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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
MARINE LANDING, BOUGAINVILLE Part 1
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1)MS Marines, trucks LCs on beach.2) MS Marines chain-pass equipment LCs to beach.3) MS On AP, signal flags. Men hoist them. Marines.4) SHS LCs. AP underway with LCs alongside.5) SHS Amp. tractor underway. Bow AP & LCs alongside.6) HS Marines go over rail AP. Cff. on bridge.7) GV LCs going to and from shore.8) HS Amp. tractor is lowered.9) SCU Adm. Wilkinson, Gen. Vandergrift & Gen. Harris on bridge-2V.10) LS 3 APAs in column.11) LS Beam DD. SCU Marines near rail BG.12) LS APAs & DD fire on beach.13) GV 20MM tracers fired at shore.14) LS 2 DDs silhouetted. APA.15) MS 3" gun & 20MM fire. LS 3 APAs in column, fire.16) SHS 2 Marines hoist LCM over side s & LCs BG.
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