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April 1943 Newsreel: Tunisian Campaign; U-175 Sunk By USCG; B-17 Bomber Raid
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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from April 1943: Latest News Films from the Tunisian Battle Front Army Engineers Speed New Inter-American Route Army Tests Washington Defenses Ranchers Round Up Herds to Supply Meat for Allies Patrol Boat Sinks Nazi U-Boat in North Atlantic [17 April 1943] Allied Bombers Blast Germany in Daylight Raid National Archives description: "Part 1, soldiers attend a religious service and go swimming. Tanks and artillery bombard German positions. Part 2, shows construction on a Central American highway between Panama and Mexico City. Part 3, shows air defenses of Washington, DC. Part 4, shows cows and sheep in Australia. Part 5, a Coast Guard cutter fires guns and depth charges at a German submarine damaged in ramming the sub, the cutter is towed to port by a Polish destroyer. Part 6, Flying Fortresses bomb a German submarine base and return to England." National Archives Identifier: 38956 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
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North, United States. Army Air Forces, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Tunisia, United States. Coast Guard, B-17 Bomber, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, U-175, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, German, Newsreel, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, World War II: Homefront, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations -- Submarine, USCGC Spencer (WPG-36), Chaplains, Military -- United States, Washington (DC), World War, 1939-1945 -- Food Supply
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