Allies Win Myitkyina Airstrip 1944

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DESCRIPTION • Part 1, transport planes and gliders land troops on Myitkyina airstrip in northern Burma. Shows Gen. Stilwell and Gen. Frank Merrill. Lt. Col. Seagrave operates on wounded in a field hospital. Part 2, U.S. service women sightsee in Egypt on camels. Part 3, all U.S. artillery pieces in Normandy fire on the 4th of July. Gens. Eisenhower, Bradley, and Joseph Collins participate. French school children sing America. Part 4, carrier-based planes land on Saipan, refuel, and then bomb Japanese positions on the island. Marines advance. • Transcript (PDF): http://archives.gov/social-media/tran... • CREATED BY • Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945) • SUBJECT • o Artillery • o Camels • o World War, 1939-1945 • o Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981 • o Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton), 1896-1987 • o Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 • o Merrill, Frank (Frank Dow), 1903-1955 • o Seagrave, Gordon Stifler, 1897-1965. • o Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946. • o Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. U.S. Marine Corps. (09/18/1947 - ) • o Egypt (Africa) nation • o Normandy (France, Europe) historic region • o United News Company., Producer • For more information visit: http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action...

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