General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. MARINES INVADE CAPE GLOUCESTER, NEW BRITAIN

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. MARINES INVADE CAPE GLOUCESTER, NEW BRITAIN

1943

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1) GV Marines advance cautiously thru wooded area.2) MS SCU Men lay communication wire; fire 2" mortar-SV.3) MS SCU Med. tank advances, fires, men follow.4) GV Men fix bayonets; CU Tank operator enters tank.5) SCU Men shoulder-deep in swamp carry gear.6) GV Men & tank "advance"; tracers in marshy clearing-SV.7) GV Marines "advance", fire rifles on marshy terrain.8) MS SCU Wrecked Japanese planes, dive bomber-SV.9) MS New Zealander. MS-Pan A-20 passes over.10) MS SCU Marines attend wounded; wrecked twin Japanese bomber, Zero-SV.11) SCU MS Marines fire 80MM mortar (practice); inspect Japanese planes & Japanese 75 AA.12) SCU CU Maj. Gen. Rupertus washes feet in surf. Mr. Crotchett with camera.13) MS SCU Maj. Gen. Rupertus & Gen. Krueger.

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Krueger, Walter, 1881-1967

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Walter Krueger (26 January 1881 – 20 August 1967) was an American soldier and general officer in the first half of the 20th century. He commanded the Sixth United States Army in the South West Pacific Area during World War II. He rose from the rank of private to general in the United States Army. Born in Flatow, West Prussia, German Empire, Krueger emigrated to the United States as a boy. He enlisted for service in the Spanish–American War and served in Cuba, and then re-enlisted for service ...

Rupertus, W. H. (William Henry), 1889-1945

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William Henry Rupertus was born November 14, 1889, in Washington, D.C. He received his commission in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1913, and served with the American Legation in Peking from 1929 to 1933, and then with the Fourth U.S. Marines in Shanghai, China in 1937 and 1938. He commanded the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. from 1938 to 1940, advancing to the rank of brigadier general in January 1942, then major general in July 1943. From July 1943 to November 1944, he commanded the First U.S. ...