Records of the Office of Inter-American Affairs. 1918 - 1951. Motion Picture Films. 1940 - 1945. JAPANESE MURDERS OF U.S. FLYERS AROUSE NATION [ETC.]

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Records of the Office of Inter-American Affairs. 1918 - 1951. Motion Picture Films. 1940 - 1945. JAPANESE MURDERS OF U.S. FLYERS AROUSE NATION [ETC.]

1944

Part 1 shows flashbacks of the aircraft carrier Hornet carrying bombers to bomb Japan. Gen. Doolittle and other flyers are decorated. Shows Adm. Halsey and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Part 2 shows the reception parade for Vice President Wallace in Lima, Peru. Part 3, Pres. Roosevelt visits at army camps and at Monterrey, Mexico. He is shown at Camp Forest, Tenn.; at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., with Col. Oveta Hobby; and at Corpus Christi, Tex., and Monterrey with Mexican Pres. Camacho.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6445369

National Archives at College Park

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