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BEACHHEAD SCENES, WOUNDED TREATED, MEN FIRE 105MM GUNS & MORTARS, REMOVING FUSES FROM Japanese MINES, INVASION OF PELELIU Part 1
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1) MCU Man repairs signal flags on sewing machine.2) MS Men unfold & examine U. S. flag.3) MS Card & crap game on deck.4) GV LCVPs in rendezvous area.5) GV Smoke columns rise from island, LCVPs underway FG-SV.6) LS BBs & CAs bombard island.7) MS Marines dig in on beach, burning LVTs BG-SV.8) MS Corpsmen administer first aid to wounded FG.9) GV Marines advance inland thru devastated area.10) MS Communications center, men use radio in field.11) MS Men operate mortar & 105MM howitzer.12) MS Man strings communications wire.13) GV-Pan Ducks & LVTs knocked out on beach.14) MS Man removes fuse from Japanese beach mine.15) MS Sergeant briefs Marine Corps troops.QUALITY: GOOD
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General Records of the Department of the Navy
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities
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