General MacArthur Leads Attack on Admiralty Islands 1944

SUMMARY
Part 1, shows an amphibious assault on the islands and troops fighting on Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. Part 2, Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek inspect an airbase in China. Part 3, 10 dirigibles are used to train pilots in California. Part 4, service men on leave visit the Taj Mahal and the ruins of Pompeii. Part 5, fighters of the 8th Air Force down German planes.

Transcript (PDF): http://archives.gov/social-media/transcripts/transcript-general-macArthur-leads-attack-admiralty-islands-39001.pdf

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
* Air bases
* Airships
* Armies
* World War, 1939-1945

* Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975
* MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

* California (United States, North and Central America) state
* China (Asia) nation
* India (Asia) nation
* Pompeii (Napoli) deserted settlement

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