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2-6-44 |
77.09.3984.a-b |
Chicago Bureau
Enemy Aids in Woods
Remer, Minn. -- These two German war prisoners with their guard, rear,
helping to alleviate the manpower shortage in the pulpwood industry,
are the first of an estimated 1,000 to work in Minnesota’s forests.
Other prisoner work camps are tentatively set for Duluth and
International Falls, Minn.
Credit: ACME |
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2-7-44 |
77.09.21 |
New York Bureau
In the Wake of War
Italy – Crippled by war, Mignano sags in the wake of the Allied charge
on Messino. Fifth Army troops use the ghost town as an ambulance
collecting point (foreground).
Credit: (ACME) |
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2-7-44 |
77.09.25 |
New York Bureau
Ready for the Next Leap
Italy – Yank pilots flying Cubs in Italy trace their next mission.
(left to right) 2nd Lt. W. Holden, Jr., of Baltimore, Mad.;
2nd Lt. Dick Cummings, of Ames, Ia., D.F.C.; 2nd
Lt. Oved S. Essary, Dallas, Texas, and 1st Lt. Richard W.
Blake, of La Salle, Colo.
Credit: (ACME) |
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2-7-44 |
77.09.1305 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
HAND-TRUCKING THE AGED TO SAFETY
ANZIO, ITALY—Pvt. Joe Maniscalo, of Brooklyn, New York, believes in
chivalry as he wheels an aged Italian woman in a native hand-truck on
the road to Anzio. The aged woman fled with her meager personal
effects from the German-held territory near Cisterno.
Credit: Official Signal Corps radiotelephoto from Acme |
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2-7-44 |
77.09.2070 |
Flee from Former Ally
Anzio, Italy – Italian refugees of all ages escape with all their
personal effects to Anzio from the German-held territory near Cisterno,
where the Fifth Army is battling fiercely for control of the area.
Credit (Official Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from ACME) |
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2-7-44 |
77.09.2495 |
New York Bureau
CLOSE CALL
NEAR S. ELIA, ITALY: Despite closely bursting German shells, American
and French anti-aircraft units stand by their guns in the valley near
S. Elia, Italy.
Credit (Official Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from ACME) |
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2-7-44 |
77.09.4000.a |
New York Bureau
New Carrier for Uncle Sam
Newport News, VA. - Named after Fort Ticonderoga, the U.S. Navy’s
newest Aircraft Carrier, the USS Ticonderoga slides down the ways at
the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., after launching
ceremonies today. Miss Stephanie Sarah Pell, who christened the
warship, had to take two swings at the huge bow, before the champagne
bottle smashed against the vessel’s sides. The Ticonderoga is the
sixth carrier of the Essex Class to be launched by the yard. It is the
fourth ship in the history of the U.S. Navy to bear the name.
Credit: ACME |
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2-8-44 |
77.09.22 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Nazis Dig in on North Russia Front
Russia – German soldiers hastily construct trenches on the northern
Russian front in an area named in the German caption as “south of
Nevel.” This is the sector where the Reds have renewed their offensive
and taken more than 80 localities in attacks which may form the
southern prong of a great pincers, the northern arm sweeping through
the Leningrad territory. (Photo flashed from Stockholm to N.Y. today)
Credit: (ACME Radiophoto) |
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2-8-44 |
77.09.23 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Ready for Hot Time on a Cold Front
Finland – Nazi soldiers under command of General Dietl, German chief
of the Finnish front, use ice walls and snow roofs to “insulate” their
wooden barracks from the piercing cold. As Russia promises heavier
blows at Finland, the snowbound Nazi fighters may soon see grim
action. (Photo flashed from Stockholm to New York)
Credit (ACME Radiophoto) |
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2-8-44 |
77.09.234.a |
Rocket Targets for Ack-Ack Training
CAMP DAVIS, N.C. -- Jet-propelled rocket targets are now being used to
train anti-aircraft artillerymen at Camp Davis, giving our gunners
practical experience in firing at "enemy planes" diving at terrific
speed, and preparing them for action against the jet-propelled planes
of tomorrow, should the enemy perfect such planes before this war is
over. Fired from specially designed carriages, the rockets have an
initial velocity of 450 miles per hour or 675 feet per second. They
are released from the range at Holly Shelter, a Camp Davis firing
point. Manning 50 caliber machine guns and 20 and 40mm weapons, the
trainees improve their aim and accuracy as the track the fast-moving,
59-inch targets. The rocket always describes an approximate parabola
and has a maximum horizontal range of about 2200 yards. The following
photos show phases of rocket target practice by night and by day.
New York Bureau
Their guns mounted on half-tracks that shine white in the light of
mock battle, the gunners trace lines of fire across the black sky as
they get a deadly bead on the rocket targets. The half-tracks are
driven speedily up and down the range as the crews pour lead at their
targets at a rate of better than 1600 rounds per minute.
Credit: (ACME) (date torn at bottom of caption) |
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02-08-44 |
77.09.2736 |
New York Bureau
Snowbound Springboard to Paramushiru Aleutians – Seabees work through
a mile-a-minute gale at an Aleutian base from which American planes
take off to bomb Paramushiru, key Jap stronghold in the Kuriles.
Credit (Official U.S. Navy photo from ACME) |
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02-08-44 |
77.09.2737 |
New York Bureau
Nazis Dig in on Nort Russia Front
Russia – German soldiers hastily construct trenches on the Northern
Russian front in an area named in the German caption as “South of
Nevel.” This is in the sector where the Reds have renewed their
offensive and taken more than 80 localities in attacks which may form
the Southern prong of a great pincers, the Northern arm sweeping
through the Leningrad territory.
Credit line (ACME radiophoto) |
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2-8-44 |
77.09.3063 |
New York Bureau
Ready for a Hot Time on a Cold Front
FINLAND—Nazi soldiers under command of General Dietl, German Chief of
the Finnish Front, use ice walls and snow roofs to “insulate” their
wooden barracks from the piercing cold. As Russia promises heavier
blows at Finland, the snowbound Nazi fighters may soon see grim
action. Photo flashed from Stockholm to New York.
Credit: ACME |
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2-9-44 |
77.09.1940 |
New York Bureau
Death in the Streets
ANZIO, ITALY -- The bodies of dead German soldiers, members of the
Nazi garrison at Anzio that attempted to defend the town when the
Allies staged their surprise landing in January, lie in Anzio's
streets. Troops of the Allied Fifth Army pass the fallen enemy
warriors as they move up through the captured town.
Credit Line - WP - (ACME) |
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2-9-44 |
77.09.2063 |
New York Bureau
“Ghost” Carrier Packs Real Bombs
Two bombs from planes of the aircraft carrier USS Ranger, straddle the
German merchantman Saar, during a raid by the American warship on
shipping off Bodo, Norway, last October. When last seen, the new type
German ship (above) was down by the head. During the raid, which
occurred six months after Hitler had decorated one of his U-boat
commanders for “sinking” the Ranger, 40,000 tons of enemy shipping
were sunk or damaged.
Credit Line (U.S. Navy Official Photo from ACME) |
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2-9-44 |
77.09.2071 |
New York Bureau
They Follow Their Men
ITALY – Unafraid of war and sudden death, these Goum women follow
their menfolk wherever they may go in their fight on the side of the
Allies. This group of Algerian tribesmen and their women poses at the
Goum bivouac near Caserta. The ram is a mascot.
Credit Line (ACME) |
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2-9-44 |
77.09.2082 |
New York Bureau
“I’m Working on the Railroad”
SOUTHERN ITALY – Corp. Tech. Robert B. Force, of Springfield, Ill.,
left, and Sergt. Tech. Fritz Herzog, of Shidmon, Tex., repair the
damage done to Italian railroads by the retreating Germans, and by
Allied shelling and bombing before the area was captured.
Credit (ACME) |
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2-9-44 |
77.09.2293 |
New York Bureau
Liberators
BOSNIA – Jubilant Yugoslav partisans march triumphantly through a
liberated town in Bosnia from which Hitler’s warriors fled. These are
Marshal Tito’s men, who are making life miserable for Nazi forces in
the Balkans.
Credit Line (Acme) |
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2-9-44 |
77.09.2294 |
New York Bureau
German Bazookas
CASSINO, ITALY – Two Yanks examine the Nazi version of the bazooka
gun, captured on the outskirts of Cassino by members of the Allied
Fifth Army. Left to right: Pfc Carl Swenson of Austin, Minn., and Cpl
Dean Alexander of Oklahoma City, Okla.
Credit Line (OWI Radiophoto from Acme) |
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2-9-44 |
77.09.2296 |
New York Bureau
American-Born, He Fights with Tito
Yugoslavia – Among the men battling Hitler’s forces in the Balkans is
this American-born Yugoslav doctor, known as “John.” Attached to the
First Serbian Brigade, he attends to Partisan warriors wounded as they
fight under Marshal Tito.
Credit Line (Acme) |
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2-9-44 |
77.09.2297 |
New York Bureau
Food for Those Who Fight for Freedom
DALMATIA – Two Dalmatian peasants arrive at a mountaintop lookout
post, bringing food to Yugoslav partisans stationed there. Too old to
join Marshal Tito’s men in their active fight against Hitler, the
peasants do all they can to help the small bands battling the Nazis in
the Balkans.
Credit Line (Acme) |
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2-9-44 |
77.09.2298 |
New York Bureau
Field Communication
YUGOSLAVIA – Under a makeshift canopy at the side of a haystack,
Partisan soldiers operate a field radio transmitter somewhere in
Bosnia, where Partisan troops are tying up many German divisions.
Credit Line (Acme) |
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2-9-44 |
77.09.3061 |
New York Bureau
As Germans Retreated from Kiev
This photo, just released in the United States, shows the central part
of the Russian city of Kiev burning after Nazi demolition and
incendiary squads carried through their “scorched earth” orders before
retreating in the face of powerful Soviet forces. Passed by censors.
Credit: ACME |
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2-9-44 |
77.09.3997.a |
New York Bureau
Ranger’s Planes Sink Another Ship
Washington, D.C. - This photo released by the Navy Department in
Washington today, shows a plane from the Aircraft Carrier USS Ranger,
roaring in at masthead level to administer the coup de grace to an
enemy freighter, which lies dead in the water, smoking and shaking
from the heavy bombing of other American aircraft. Photo was taken
during the Ranger’s raid on Bodo, Norway last October, six months
after Hitler had decorated one of his U-Boat commanders for “sinking”
the carrier. More than 40,000 tons of German shipping was sunk or
damaged in the raid.
Credit: U.S. Navy Official photo from ACME |
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2-10-44 |
77.09.1273 |
New York Bureau
Mustang Pilots
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND—Mustang Pilots all, these Yank airmen are hitting
the Nazis from their British base. Left to right are: Lt. Wau Kau
Kang of Honolulu; Capt. Wallace s. emmer, St. Lewis, Mo.; Capt. Don M.
Beerbower, of Hill City, Minn.; Capt. Jack T. Bradley, Brownwood Tex.;
Lt. James J. Parsons, Seattle Wash.; and Capt. James Cannon, Vallejo
Calif.
Credit: ACME |
