General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. PACK HOWITZERS FIRE, SUPPLIES UNLOADED ON BEACHHEAD, INVASION OF PELELIU

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. PACK HOWITZERS FIRE, SUPPLIES UNLOADED ON BEACHHEAD, INVASION OF PELELIU

1944

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1) LS Men remove wounded from damaged LVT in shallow water.2) MS Men handle empty shell cases.3) MS-CU Pack howitzers firing-SV.4) MS Battery of pack howitzers-SV.5) MS-CU Men fire 105MM howitzer.6) MS Men examine wrecked Japanese plane.7) MS Photo. interpretation officers study photographs.8) MS Men examine wrecked Japanese plane-SV.9) MS Men unload gas drums & supplies from LCVP-SV.10) MS Gen. Rupertus & Colonel Selden confer.11) GV Crane unloads supplies & general LC activity off shore-SV.12) MS Beachhead scenes showing unloading activity, ships in transport area BG-SV.QUALITY: GENERALLY GOOD.

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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. ...