Allied Drive on in Italy Planes Smash Foe in Air 1944

From dropping bombs to spraying insecticide, the Army Air Corps played a vital role in World War II.

DESCRIPTION
Part 1, U.S. planes bomb German cities. Gens. Clark and Alexander meet in Italy. Artillery pounds Nazi positions in Italy and tanks and infantry advance. Part 2, Mustang fighter planes fly from California to New York in 6-1/2 hours. Part 3, nurses are sworn into the Army. Part 4, a newly-formed infantry division parades in the U.S. Part 5, airplanes spray farm lands with insecticide. Part 6, U.S. troops land at Hollandia, New Guinea, supported by aerial and naval barrages. Tanks and infantry advance through wet jungle terrain. Shows Gen. MacArthur and Gen. Walter Krueger.

Transcript (PDF): http://archives.gov/social-media/transcripts/transcript-allied-drive-on-in-italy-39010.pdf

CREATED BY
Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945)

SUBJECTS:
* Aeronautics in agriculture
* Airplanes
* Military aircraft
* Nurses
* World War, 1939-1945
* Alexander of Tunis, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl, 1891-1969
* Clark, Mark W. (Mark Wayne), 1896-1984
* Krueger, Walter, 1881-1967
* MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

MORE INFORMATION:
More information is available in the National Archives online catalog:
http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=39010

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