Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Motion Picture Films. 1942 - 1946. HELL'S FIRE CORNER

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Motion Picture Films. 1942 - 1946. HELL'S FIRE CORNER

1944

Part 1, U.S. inf. and motorized equipment moves through snow in Belgium toward "Hell's Fire Corner." Gen. Collins decorates a lieutenant. Part 2, a chemical is sprayed upon the blazing ruins of a B-24 bomber during the test of a new fire extinguisher.

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National Archives at College Park

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Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton), 1896-1987

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Joseph Lawton Collins (1896-1987) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. After his graduation from West Point in 1917, he commissioned with the infantry. He served with the American forces in Germany from 1919 to 1921. Between 1921 and 1931, he taught at West Point and the Infantry School. He graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1933 and the Army Industrial College in 1937. Upon graduation from the Army War College in 1938, he became an instructor there. In 1941, he left to serve as c...