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1944 DEFENCE: World War 2: General Macarthur directs conquest in Admiralty Islands
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0:37Now PlayingDate: 3rd March 1944
Location: ADMIRALTY ISLANDS
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
ADMIRALTY ISLANDS:
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GV battleships firing.
CU guns fires.
CU General MacArthur on board Battleship watching operations, soldiers in B-g.
LV invasion barges under way to shore.
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CU troops in invasion barge.
LV explosions on shore Barge in Foreground.
SCU McArthur watching.
LV troops landing on beach.
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GBV troops thru trees.
LV MacArthur standing over body of dead Jap other soldiers with him.
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CU soldier saluting.
SCU MacArthur patting soldier on shoulder.
Personalities - Armed Forces; Americans; Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), Military - Active; World War II in the Far East; Papua New Guinea; Second World War; WWII
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