Re: Tunnels and lost MacArthur film???

["Les Hanson" <hanson@totalnetnh.net>]

might be lucky,type in canadaian archives
Les
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From: "MGH & HJM" <bailey@e-scape.net>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 7:17 PM
Subject: Tunnels and lost MacArthur film???


> Hi -
>
> thanks for the tunnel info. for those who replied.  I have even found out
that
> tourists can visit the ones farther out from the DMZ.
>
> I just finished talking to a retired Lt. Col. from the Canadian Army. He
was
> over in Korea in 1951 with the PPCLI (Princess Patricia Canadian Light
> Infantry) - the 1st Battalion comprised of volunteers, presidential
citation
> for battle at Kapyong, and then later as the Canadian Military Attaché
> (1982-1984) at Panmunjom (UN Armistice Commission).
>
> Anyway, when he was on leave in Tokyo he was somehow corralled into doing
a US
> Army film in which he was to be greeted by MacArthur. This was, I believe,
> April 8, 1954 - days before MacArthur was relieved. Anyway, this fellow
shot
> several scenes with MacArthur and was invited into his office later. The
film
> was produced by the U.S. Signal Corp and tentatively titled "The 50,000th
Yank
> on RNR Leave." As far as he knows, the film was axed because of what was
> shortly to come (the main attraction's removal from command) and ended up
on
> the cutting room floor. Would anyone have any idea where this film could
have
> ended up? I'm up here in Canada and as such the inner workings of the
American
> archival system remain an enigma. Any advice where to look? I think it
would
> be great if i could track down the footage and show it to the Lt. Col.
>
> Thanks
>
> HJM
>