General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. MARINES ON MANEUVERS AT GUADALCANAL IN PREPARATION FOR PALAU INVASION

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. MARINES ON MANEUVERS AT GUADALCANAL IN PREPARATION FOR PALAU INVASION

1944

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1) MS Gen. Rupertus speaks at mike.2) GV-MS Truckloads of men pass.3) MS Camouflaged AP, LCVPs FG.4) MS-GV Marines debark LCVPs, pass on beach, AP BG.5) MS Smoke columns on shore; smoke-enveloped shore under bombardment-SV.6) GV LVTs underway, APs BG.7) GV Marines move up, debark LVTs, etc.8) MS Interior shot--LVT exits LST, silhouetted.9) MS Exterior shot--LVT exists LST.10) MS Signalman receives message from officer, semaphores on bridge LST.11) MS Marines debark LVT.12) MCU Marine officer stands by LVT.13) LS BB underway.14) MS-LS Men in truck activity by beached LSTs.15) MCU Corpsman bandages hand in outdoor stand.16) MCU Signalmen work blinker, semaphone on shore, smoke-enveloped shore BG.QUALITY: GOOD TO FAIR

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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. ...