Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Motion Picture Films. 1942 - 1946. DECORATION OF THE TOKYO RAIDERS, ETC

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Motion Picture Films. 1942 - 1946. DECORATION OF THE TOKYO RAIDERS, ETC

1942?

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Part 1, U.S. Army officers review French troops, in tropical uniforms, in Cayenne, Fr. Guiana. Part 2, jeeps tow 37-mm anti-tank guns, drive along a jungle road during maneuvers, crash barriers, and ford rivers during maneuvers. Motorcyclists and inf. dash up a river bank. Inf. wade through a river under a smoke screen. Part 3, Col. Doolittle and fliers from the carrier Hornet who bombed Tokyo are decorated by Gen. and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek.

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Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975

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