Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Army - Navy Screen Magazine. 1943 - 1958. THE WAR, NO. 6

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Army - Navy Screen Magazine. 1943 - 1958. THE WAR, NO. 6

1943

Reel 1, Part 1, an M-10 tank destroyer is tested over rough terrain; its guns are fired. Part 2, a pilot describes the bombing of Tokyo. B-25s leave the carrier Hornet. Shows Gen. Doolittle. Gen. Arnold denounces the execution by the Japanese of U.S. pilots. Part 3, Detroit factory workers visit Camp Atterbury, Ind.; (Reel 2) soldiers from the camp visit Detroit war plants. Part 4, a Russ. woman merchant seaman describes her duties. Part 5: on the Buna campaign in New Guinea. Troops assemble at Port Moresby; a corduroy road is constructed; supplies are dropped from the air. Shows Australian troops, Japanese POW's, and Gen. MacArthur.

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