What's on this DVD; US Army War and Troop Trains of WWII A collection of films by the War Dept about the importance of American trains and how they got the Troops and War material to the ports to win the war. We also included war clips of trains in both in Europe and in China against the Japanese. Plus a captured Nazi films by the US Army on Nazi war trains and of course the biggest war gun ever made, the German Rail Gun. 

1st Film: "Troop Train". This film is by the War Department and shows loading tanks, truck, jeeps, etc and of course, the Troops. Troops will be troops and it show them eating, sleeping, gambling, etc 10:50 Min's 

2nd Film: "By Train By Sea". This film is a US Army film about the Army Inspector General system checking and rechecking Men and women, their gear and firearms that are about to be loaded aboard the trains. 16:43 Min's 

 3rd Film: “Railroad Via Persia”. This is a British film about getting war supplies to Russia through Iran during WW2. Very rare film. 8:13 Min’s 

4th Film: "Train Newsreels". A great collection of war Train newsreels. 1st, War Trains state side, 2nd, Burma trains with refugees. 3rd, Troop and Tanks by train in India. 4th, Burma Railroad by Jeeps. 5th, Supply and Troop Train in US. 6th, RR in New Zealand for troops. 6th, Canada and Alaska Railroads. 7th, Alaskan Railroad re-opened. 8th, Salvage RR for War. 9th, 530 miles of pipeline laid for oil trains. 10th, New Foundries rush Steel for weapons. 11th, Canada builds Locomotives. 12th, War Trains rush tanks to the Docks. 13th, U-boats fail to stop Cargo trains supplying Convoy ships to England. 12th, War Trains with Tanks in travel by train to harbors for Europe. 13th, Railroads bring Tanks to front. 14, War Trains to Russia. 30:52 Min's. 

 5th Film: "Rare Report from Berlin". This is an Army film of captured Nazi newsreel not meant to be seen by Americans. The story line is how great the Nazis war production was and how to produce more, tanks, and of course their massive Rail gun. We hope you enjoy. 16:27 Min's 6th Film: "Fighter Kills-Trains". This is a collection of fighter kills on trains in Europe and in China during WW2. A must see. I know I would not want to be on one of these trains. The British had a game with the Nazi trains. They said' "You build them and we will bust them". And bust them they did. 10:16 Min's

Troop Transport Railway units home from Korea.pdf by Nancy

3 Cars Demolished.
Three cars of the troop train, carrying 655 troops, were demolished when the Spirit of St. Louis, enroute from New York to St. Louis with 240 passengers, rammed the rear of the stalled troop carrier at Isleta, five miles west of here. The first unit of the twin-unit Diesel pulling the passenger train plunged into a creek and two cars on the Spirit of St. Louis were derailed. They did not overturn, however, and none of the passengers aboard the passenger train was injured seriously.
Witnesses said the troop train stopped west of a signal when a steam valve controlling the train's air brake system apparently snapped. Crewmen had just placed flares at the rear of the disabled troop carrier when the Spirit of St. Louis plunged out of the dawn and smashed into the end of 
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The Chronicle-Telegram Elyria Ohio 1950-09-11
Killed In The Wreck:
Service Battery:
CORP. CARL W. ARMBRUSTER.
CORP. JOHN L. BARNA.
PVT. WILLIAM R. DISBROW.
CORP. JOSEPH E. FLETCHER.
PFC EDWARD W. GALLAGHER.
PVT. WALLACE R. LUDWIG.
WO JAMES F. McGINLEY.
SGT. BERNARD S. OKRASINSKI.
CORP. THOMAS M. OSTRASZEWSKI.
PVT. WILLIAM F. TIERNEY.
CAPT. ARTHUR J. THOMAS.
RCT. THOMAS W. WALLACE.
Battery B.
PFC LEONARD BALONIS.
RCT. EUGENE CARR.
SGT. JOHN W. COX.
RCT. WILLIAM J. DOUGHERTY.
SGT WILLIAM C. EDWARDS.
RCT. HUGH L. FARGUS.
PFC. HAROLD HANDLOS.
PFC CLYDE P. HARDING.
PFC MARTIN F. HORNLEIN.
PFC RONALD J. JACKSON.
SGT. LESTER J. KUEHN.
CORP. LARRY L. LUZENSKI.
RCT. FRANK C. MARTINEZ.
RCT. CHARLES NORTON.
PFC RAYMOND PUDLOWSKI.
RCT RICHARD A. ROYER.
RCT. WILLIAM F. SOBERS.
WO WILLIAM M. WELLINGTON.
SGT. GILBERT B. WHARTON.
PFC EDMUND ZABICKI.
PFC DONALD C. ZIEKER.
List Of Injured:
PFC EDWARD BILSKI.
CORP DAL. D. DAUBERT.
PFC DEAN DAUBERT.
PFC JOHN J. DOUGHTERY.
SECOND LT. MERLE R. EDWARDS.
CORP. FRANCIS D. FISHER.
CORP. LEONARD FLECKNOE.
CORP ARTHUR GIAMPA.
CORP. CYRIL G. GULIUS.
PFC FRED D. HAWKE.
SGT. JOSEPH J. KUDRAK.
CORP NICHOLAS MARSHALL.
CORP CARL O. METZGER.
SGT. KENNETH MISHKELL.
LT. EARL W. PHILLIPS.
PFC FRANCIS X. QUAREQUIO.
CORP. JOHN D. ROOPER.
PFC ROBERT ROWLES.
CORP. JAMES SAMPSON.
PVT. JAMES SAUERWINE.
PVT. ROBERT H. SCHELL.
CAPT. ROBERT SHORTZ.
CORP JOHN SIMONSON
SGT. RAYMOND TALMADGE.
CORP. ROBERT J. THOMPSON.
PFC FRANK TOWH.
CORP. LEONARD J. WALKOVIAK.
PFC ALBERT WILLIAMS.
PFC WILLIAM YESIRVIDA.
CAPT. FRANCIS R. BRANNAN.
M/SGT. ROBERT ROBERTS.
SFC LAWRENCE ROBERTS.
SGT. GEORGE YANCK.
PFC JOSEPH DIMIRCO.
PFC DONALD FORIET.
PFC THOMAS GALLAGHER.
PFC WILLIAM HALL.
CORP. LEWIS A. COMPTON.
RCT. RAMON MARTINEZ.

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