Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. U.S.TROOPS CONSOLIDATE PACIFIC ISLANDS [ETC.]

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. U.S.TROOPS CONSOLIDATE PACIFIC ISLANDS [ETC.]

1944

Part 1, artillery units on Saipan bombard Japanese positions on Tinian. Gen. Holland Smith inspects positions on Guam as Marines advance from pillbox to pillbox. Part 2, Gen. Devers welcomes Brazilian troops debarking in Naples. Part 3, President Roosevelt, Gen. MacArthur, Adm. Nimitz, and Adm. Leahy converse on a cruiser anchored in Pearl Harbor. The President reviews the 7th Division and witnesses a demonstration of small arms firing. F.D.R. addresses navy yard workers at Bremerton, Washington.

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