Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. War Films. 1942 - 1945. ALL-AMERICAN

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. War Films. 1942 - 1945. ALL-AMERICAN

1943

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Reel 1 shows Under-Sec. Patterson and Gen. Arnold; contrasts war humor (make-shift baths and bomber nicknames) and Seriousness {wounded men, burials, etc.} A P-38 takes off from Adak. Fighter pilots rush to their planes in the Pacific. Reel 2, Wegesak, Ger., is bombed despite flak and enemy fighters. Intelligence officers question a bomber crew. A transport takes off from New Guinea. Wounded are put aboard a plane. Reel 3, paratroops jump over North Africa. A Pacific island, the Mareth Line in Tunisia, and Pantelleria are bombed. Japanese installations on Kiska and New Britain are strafed.

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Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950

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Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the only U.S. Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the wo...

Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952

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Lawyer, jurist, and U.S. secretary of war. From the description of Papers of Robert Porter Patterson, 1940-1951 (bulk 1940-1947). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74984701 ...