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December 1944 Newsreel: China's Armies In Burma, USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) Launched, Marshalls Campaign
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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from December 1944. War News From China's Armies In Southeast Asia (2:04) -- New Ships Bring U.S. Navy To Twice Pre-War Strength (0:46) -- America Gives New Warship To People Of France (0:57) -- U.S. Invasion Of Japanese Marshall Islands (5:02). National Archives description "Part 1, Chiang Kai-shek and Gen. Mountbatten inspect Chinese troops in Burma. The Chinese, receiving guns and ammunition by parachute, advance on Japanese positions. Gen. Stilwell decorates some of the men. Part 2, the aircraft carrier Ticonderoga is launched. Part 3, President Roosevelt presents a destroyer escort to French naval officers in navy yard ceremonies. Sengalese troops land in Italy. Part 4, soldiers land on Kwajalein and Marines land on Roi and Namur in the Marshall group. Naval guns shell the islands." National Archives Identifier: 38997 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks.
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WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Marshall Islands, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, National Archives Identifier: 38997, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, French, Roi Georges, Îles du (French Polynesia), Montgomery Of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount, 1887-1976, CBI, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma, China. Army, Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946, USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), Rites And Ceremonies, USS Ticonderoga, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy, FFL Sénégalais (F-702), Airdrop, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
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