April 1943 Newsreel: FDR At Camps; Carriers Deliver Planes; Battle of Tunisia

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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from April 1943: Roosevelt Inspects U.S. Army Camps [April 15 1943] Carrier Speeds Army Planes to Fighting Fronts The Battle of Tunisia National Archives description: "Part 1, shows Pres. Roosevelt at camps and air fields. Part 2, aircraft carriers are used to transport army planes. Part 3, allied troops bomb and capture land in Tunisia. U.S. and German tanks battle. German planes attack U.S. positions. Army nurses evacuate wounded soldiers. Personages: Gens. Eisenhower and Patton, Gens. Montgomery and Harold Alexander, and Gen. Henri Giraud." National Archives Identifier: 38954

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United News

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WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army, World War II, United States. Army Air Forces, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Tunisia, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded, Montgomery Of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount, 1887-1976, Giraud, Henri, 1879-1949, Flight Nurse, United States. -- Army -- Transport Of Sick And Wounded, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North, Newsreel, World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation, Alexander Of Tunis, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl, 1891-1969, World War, 1939-1945 -- Tank Warfare

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