Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities, 1947 - 1964. COMMAND SEQUENCE, 1945.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities, 1947 - 1964. COMMAND SEQUENCE, 1945.

1945

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Summary: LS, MS, Headquarters, Guam. Flag of Admiral Chester W Nimitz flying from HQ. MS, CU, Admiral Nimitz and staff walk on the grounds, toward camera. MS, CU, Vice Admiral Turner, Lt Gen Simon B Buckner, and Brig Gen Smith in conference room and on bridge aboard Admiral Turner's flagship. OKINAWA Ryukyu Islands LS, pan of Task Force 58 at anchor. CU, washing down anchor. Sequence: Admiral Marc A Mitscher comes up ladder of his flagship from barge and walks across hangar deck with staff. Task Force under way. Destroyer and rocket ship firing. Shells and rockets hitting shore. LS, landing craft on way to beachhead. Sequence: LVT leaving LST en route, and coming ashore. MS, soldiers digging MG emplacement and setting up MG. MS, CU, Japanese civilian prisoners. MS, soldiers raising American flag. MS, soldiers lounging outside Japanese hut; one playing concertina. SNEAK BOATS (SPEEDBOATS): MS, CU, soldier throws incendiary grenade at boat. Soldier gets into Japanese sneak boat and the boat under way. BOMBARDMENT SEQUENCE: Warships and rocket ships firing; shells and rockets hitting and exploding on beach. LS (short), of plane discharging rockets.

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Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966

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Chester William Nimitz, Sr. (/ˈnɪmɪts/; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. Nimitz was the leading US Navy authority on submarines. Qualified in submarines during his early years, he later oversaw the conversion of these vessels' propu...

Mitscher, Marc Andrew, 1887-1947

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