Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Special Film Reports. 1944 - 1945. quot;MARS FORCEquot; AT TONKWA [ETC.]

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Special Film Reports. 1944 - 1945. quot;MARS FORCEquot; AT TONKWA [ETC.]

1945

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Part 1 (CB part 2) shows combat near Tonkwa, Bur. Oxcarts carry U.S. wounded. Part 1 (CB only), Adm. Nimitz, at Pearl Harbor, pledges continued fighting. Part 2 (CB part 3) describes the XC-97. Part 3 (CB part 4, reel 2), the Coast Guard captures Ger. weather stations on Greenland. Part 4 (SFR reel 2; CB part 5) shows hazardous roads in Italy. A 60" searchlight illuminates roads. Part 5 (SFR only), a 4.5" rocket fires from a jeep mount. Part 6 (CB only) describes trench foot. Part 6 (CB part 7, reel 3), 3rd Army units rush to the Bulge in Belgium despite bad weather (Jan. 3). Shows fighting, POW's, and wrecked equipment. 35th Div. troops attack and capture a large German held farmhouse.

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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...