Records of the Army Air Forces. 1902 - 1964. Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Subjects" Program Series. 1939 - 1945. SFP-194

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Records of the Army Air Forces. 1902 - 1964. Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Subjects" Program Series. 1939 - 1945. SFP-194

1945

Summary: CS Gen. Kenny and other Generals talking. CS Gen. Arnold talking to officers. A.R.U. repair ship floating. CU Navy technician repairing instruments. CS same. Series of different angle shots technicians repairing instruments. CU Radar grid testing. Series of shots technicians testing electrical equipment in Navy repair ship shops. 5 CSs INT machine shot to men working on repairs. LS across water to Navy repair ship at anchor. Different angles same, see blinker lights flashing message from ship. CS heliocopter on deck of ship. MLS heliocopter taking off from deck of ship. CS high angle down to landing barge loaded with supplies. High Angle shooting down to supplies being loaded on barge. CSs crew working on heliocopter. CS pan oxygen tanks in cargo net from ship into barge. GSAP: low level strafing ground installations, see flashes of fire from enemy guns. Low level strafing oil refinery. Strafing enemy ground installations, gun fire from machine guns of plane in fg. Tracers into sail boat. GSAP:low level strafing enemy installations Formosa Island, see hits and smoke rising. Tracers into enemy tanker. Strafing enemy installations, see large fires and smoke rising. Tracers into enemy planes on airstrip. Strafing at low level enemy ground installations along coast Formosa. Good

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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...

Kenney, George C. (George Churchill), 1889-1977

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George Churchill Kenney (6 August 1889 – 9 August 1977) was a United States Army Air Forces general during World War II. He is best known as the commander of the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), a position he held between August 1942 and 1945. Kenney enlisted as a flying cadet in the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps in 1917, and served on the Western Front with the 91st Aero Squadron. He was awarded a Silver Star and the Distinguished Service Cross for actions in whi...