Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Army - Navy Screen Magazine. 1943 - 1958. ARMY-NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE, NO. 12

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Army - Navy Screen Magazine. 1943 - 1958. ARMY-NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE, NO. 12

1943

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Reel 1, Part 1 describes the importance of railroads in war; shows crowds at railway stations, troop trains, and freight trains transporting military equipment. Part 2, men are briefed before the Sicily invasion. Shows Gen. Eisenhower; the invasion convoy; and the first wave landing after a naval barrage. Gen. Allen confers with officers of the 1st Div. Gen. Patton lands. Shows the shelling and capture of a town. Gens. Alexander and Montgomery confer. (Reel 2) Wounded are evacuated. Shows prisoners of war. A soldier greets his relatives in Sicily. Shows Gens. Eisenhower and Patton. Part 3, Fred Waring and his band present a musical program.

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