Combat America (1945)

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Channel: A/V Geeks 16mm Films · 2014 · Education

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Follows the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st Bombardment Group from the end of their training at a Colorado training field to actual combat over Germany.  It tells the story of the crews and the gunners, showing how they live, how they fight, and how they rest.  Produced at the command of General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, as an orientation film for gunners training to serve in the European theater of operations.

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