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1943 Newsreel: North Africa (Tunisia), USMC Makin Island Raid, Lend-Lease
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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from early 1943. Latest Films Of Allied Drive In North Africa Chinese Air Cadets Win Wings In U.S. U.S. Marines Back After Smash Raid On Japanese Island U.S. Speeds Weapons To Smash Axis National Archives description "Part 1, the British 8th Army advances through mud in Tunisia. Shows Gens. Eisenhower and Henri Giraud. Part 2, Chinese air cadets train and graduate in the U.S. Part 3, Marines return from a raid on a Japanese outpost. Shows Adm. Nimitz and Lt. Col. James Roosevelt. Part 4, ammunition and tank destroyers are manufactured; amphibious equipment is tested; and trucks transport food and equipment. Part 5, shows tests of a 240mm howitzer." National Archives Identifier: 38950 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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United News
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WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Marine Corps, Carlson, Evans Fordyce, 1896-1947, Roosevelt, Elliott, 1910-1990, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando Operations -- United States, United States. Navy, Makin Atoll, Raid on, Kiribati, 1942, Roosevelt, James, 1907-1991, Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966, United States. -- Marine Corps -- Marine Raider Regiment, 2nd -- History, Giraud, Henri, 1879-1949, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, USS Nautilus (SS-168), United States. -- Marine Corps -- Commando Troops, General Purpose Amphibian, Motor Vehicles, Amphibious -- United States, Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North, USS Nautilus, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Tunisia, Newsreel, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, Chinese
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