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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.

TYPHOON DAMAGE TO SHIPS OFF OKINAWA Part 1

Description

1) MS Beached AK.2) MS Beached control boat.3) LS Three escort vessels (DE"s) aground.4) MS PC aground.5) MS APC aground.6) HS Sunken LCM.7) HS GV Damage LCM"s, pontoon dock and liberty ship JOHN A. RAWLINS.8) MS LCI aground.9) HS PAN US Navy personnel at attention before quonset huts, as US flag is raised to peak of flag staff.10) HS Personnel mustered before rows of quonset buildings as CAPT. H.C. RICKOVER, USN (CO of Ind. Command, N.O.B.) presents award to CDR. ROBERT A. PATON, USN, for outstanding conduct in Battle of Kula Gulf (March 1943).11) GV PAN Wrecked pontoon barges, LCT"s and small boats on beach.12) MS AK listing to port.QUALITY: FAIR

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Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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Date
1925-09-17
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2:06