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Dec. 1945 / Jan. 1946 Newsreel: Patton Funeral; POWs; Homma Trial, Etc.
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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from December 1945 and from January 1946: Hail Victory in California Rose Festival United Nations Delegates Off to London General Marshall Arrives in China Prisoners of War are Returned to Japan by U.S. President Truman Speaks on the Problems of 1946 General Patton Laid to Rest in Luxemburg Triplets Reach U.S. With Famed Airborne Division Japanese General Homma Tried for War Crimes Winter Sports in Full Swing in Northern U.S. National Archives description "Part 1: Shows the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena. Part 2: UN delegate Stettinius, Mrs. Roosevelt, and Senators Connally and Vandenberg pose. Part 3: General Wedemeyer and Chinese citizens greet General Marshall in Shanghai (12/20/1945). Part 4: Japanese POW's board a ship in California. Part 5: Truman calls 1946 a year of decisions. Part 6: Shows General Patton's funeral in Hamm, Luxemburg. Part 7: The 82nd Airborne Division disembarks from the "Queen Mary" in New York. Part 8: General Homma pleads innocent at a war crimes trial in Manila. Part 9: Shows skiing in New Hampshire and at Bear Mountain, New York, and bobsledding at Lake Placid, New York." National Archives…
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United News
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army, Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945 -- Death And Burial, United States. -- Army -- Airborne Division, 82nd, Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, World War II: Postwar Issues, Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959, World War II, Stettinius, Edward R. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949, Parades, Connally, Tom, 1877-1963, Bobsledding, Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951, Skis And Skiing, Wedemeyer, Albert C. (Albert Coady), 1896-1989, War Crime Trials -- Philippines -- Manila, Homma, Masaharu, 1887-1946, Rose Bowl Game, Pasadena, Calif. -- History, Newsreel, Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, Calif.
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