Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Bulletin" Program Series. 1944 - 1951. PROGRESS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE (MARSEILLES) [ETC.]

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Bulletin" Program Series. 1944 - 1951. PROGRESS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE (MARSEILLES) [ETC.]

1944

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Part 1 shows, as the 7th Army advances, former German positions and damage to the city and docks in Marseilles; German-destroyed railroad yards in Valence; bridge building and fighting at Lyon; captured equipment at Bourg. Part 2, 5th Army troops cross the Arno River and pass the Leaning Tower of Pisa; Gen. Clark views the tower. Part 3, a large suspension bridge for the Stilwell Road is built across the Salween River in Burma. Coolies carry parts and lay the floor, the road is widened, the area is bombed by Japanese planes, an unexploded bomb is detonated, and the first traffic crosses the bridge. Part 4, troops wade through New Guinea jungles; natives carry supplies; supplies dropped from C-47s are retrieved and stacked. Part 5 (Reel 2), 1st Army troops cross a river on pontoon and Bailey bridges, fight, and roll into St. Quentin, France. German troops and equipment are captured in Belgium. A German officer encourages others to surrender. A farm house is captured. Part 6, 3rd Army troops cross the Meuse River on a French civilian's barge and fight in St. Mihiel. Other troops are driven back from the Moselle River and then make a crossing.

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Clark, Mark Wayne, 1896-1984

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Mark Wayne Clark (1896-1984) was born in Madison Barracks, New York. After he graduated from West Point in 1917, he commissioned in the infantry. During World War I, he became wounded in combat while commanding a battalion in France. He served with the War Department General Staff from 1921 to 1924. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1935 and the Army War College two years later. Between 1940 and 1942, he served at General Headquarters and then Army Ground Forces. He rose ...