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Combat Bulletin #28
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U.S. Army newsreel Combat Bulletin #28, which features combat operations in October of 1944. Listed at the National Archives as Activities In European Theatre Of Operations: Battle Of The Netherlands (Hertogenbosch) [Etc.]: 1944 . Title cards: E.T.O.: Activities In European Theatre Of Operations Battle of the Netherlands Air Force Fighter Kills Mediterranean: Liberation of Greece C.B.I.: Activities In Burma The U.S. Navy Presents: The Naval Battle of the Philippines Description at National Archives: "Part 1, the British 2nd Army captures Hertogenbosch (Oct.). Troops take positions and advance under artillery fire. Infantry fights in the streets; tanks arrive; citizens come from hiding after the battle. Part 2, gliders at Eindhoven, Netherlands, are retrieved by TCC C-47s. Shows Gen. P.L. Williams. Part 3, gun cameras record dog fights and strafings in France by the 8th Air Force. Part 4 (Reel 2), British troops dock in Greece and march into Athens. Shows celebrations, guerrillas, and the return of Prime Minister Papandreou. Citizens buy food with inflated currency. Shows British Gen. Scobie. Part 5 shows activities of Col. Seagrave's medical unit in Northern Burma. Seagrave perform…
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United States. Army
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Combat Bulletin, CBI, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines, Leyte Gulf, Battle Of, Philippines, 1944, World War II, World War, 1939-1945, Military Gliders (Aeronautics) -- United States -- History -- 20th Century, Gliders (Aeronautics), Arnhem, Battle Of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944, USS Princeton, USS Princeton (CVL-23), Seagrave, Gordon Stifler, 1897-1965, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Troop Carrier Command, Williams, Paul L.
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