May - July, 1944 Newsreel: Burma Gliders; Normandy 4th of July; Battle of Saipan, etc

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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from May - July 1944: Allies Win Myitkyina Airstrip [17 May 1944] U.S. Service Women Tour Egypt All U.S. Guns in Normandy Barrage [4 July] Final Stages of Saipan Battle [June 1944] National Archives description "Part 1, transport planes and gliders land troops on Myitkyina airstrip in northern Burma. Shows Gen. Stilwell and Gen. Frank Merrill. Lt. Col. Seagrave operates on wounded in a field hospital. Part 2, U.S. service women sightsee in Egypt on camels. Part 3, all U.S. artillery pieces in Normandy fire on the 4th of July. Gens. Eisenhower, Bradley, and Joseph Collins participate. French school children sing "America." Part 4, carrier-based planes land on Saipan, refuel, and then bomb Japanese positions on the island. Marines advance." National Archives Identifier: 39019 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 -- Burma, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, Newsreel, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, Merrill, Frank Dow 1903-1955, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded, World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States, Gliders (Aeronautics), World War, 1939-1945 -- Egypt, Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981, World War II, Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton), 1896-1987, CBI, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945

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