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Show Soldiers on Pacific Islands See More Pictures Per Week Than They Did as Civilians in U. S. An average of more than 40 prints ! of- three first-run productions, more than a soldier saw in an average civilian week, are turned over to the , army every week, in addition to j "G.I. Movies," "Screen Magazine." ; "Fighting Men," and other informa-; informa-; tional and educational features pro-i pro-i duced and distributed by army serv-j serv-j ice forces. "Changes in station, constant con-stant shifting of the tides of battle, make it impossible for all soldiers to see every picture at the same time, but they will eventually see them," Maj. Gen. Frederick Osborn, director of morale services, states. On Guadalcanal, for instance, 104 shovs were in progress one night. When the general was making a tour on Finschhafen, New Guinea, a jeep conveyed the general's party to a unit headquarters where three films were being shown to several thousand soldiers. |