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November 1942 Newsreel: Marines On Guadalcanal; USS Boise (CL-47); Patton, Eisenhower in North Africa, etc
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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from November 1942. U.S. Marines On Guadalcanal Push Back Jap Troops U.S. Cruiser Home; Sank 6 Jap Ships [November 1942] Roosevelt Greets Good Neighbor [November 23, 1942] Latest Pictures of American Army in North Africa [November 1942] National Archives description "Part 1, U.S. bombers take off from a Guadalcanal airfield. A long column of Marines advances behind artillery support. Adm. Nimitz decorates Gen. Vandegrift and others. Part 2, the cruiser Boise docks and Adm. King decorates members of the crew. Part 3, President Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, and Cordell Hull greet Ecuador's President at the White House. Part 4, Gen. Patton and French officers meet in Casablanca. Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. Clark, and Adm. Cunningham establish allied headquarters in Algiers. Shows French ships docked at Toulon, France, prior to their scuttling." National Archives Identifier: 38932
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United News
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WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands -- Guadalcanal, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, French, Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966, Rites And Ceremonies, Vandegrift, A. A. (Alexander Archer), 1887-1973, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North, Newsreel, World War II, USS Boise (CL-47), King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956, USS Boise, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965, Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955, Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969, Clark, Mark W. (Mark Wayne), 1896-1984, Cunningham, Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount, 1883-1963, Arroyo del Río, C. A. (Carlos Alberto), 1893-1969
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