Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Bulletin" Program Series. 1944 - 1951. ATTACK ON MANILA HARBOR [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. ATTACK ON MANILA HARBOR [ETC.]

1945

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Part 1, carrier planes strafe sea and land targets. Part 2, the 6th Army lands on Luzon after a navy barrage (Jan. 9). Filipinos greet troops and help build an airstrip. The 37th Division enters Dagupan; troops battle for Damortis. Gens. MacArthur and Sutherland wade ashore. Part 3 (Reel 2), 35th Division troops are lectured at Bastogne, Belgium. The 1st and 3rd Armies occupy rubbled Houffalize. A bridge and a blockhouse are exploded as the 7th Army retreats on the Alsace front. The 79th Division battles across a bridge near Haguenau. Part 4 shows bomb damage at Markwiller, France. Part 5 (Reel 3), British carrier planes attack Sumatra; 4 crash while landing. Part 6, 5th A.A.F. B-25's drop parachute bombs on Celebes Is., Neth. Indies.

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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the ...

Sutherland, Richard K. ca. 20. Jh.

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