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2-25-44 |
77.09.331 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Gas Main Burns After Raid
LONDON -- British air raid wardens and fire fighters are silhouetted
against the roaring flame of a burning gas main during last night's
(Feb. 24th) raid on London by Hitler's bombers. In the background are
bombed and burning buildings. Photo radioed to New York today from
London.
Credit: (ACME Radiophoto) |
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2-25-44 |
77.09.1477 |
New York Bureau
Allies Blast Nazis Out of Cassino Abbey
ITALY – Allied aerial bombardment begins against the ancient
Benedictine monastery atop Mount Cassino, religious retreat which the
Nazis had fortified to halt our drive. Reportedly many civilians were
trapped in the cellars of the monastery, held there by the Germans who
also met death from Allied bombs and shells.
Credit Line (ACME) |
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2-25-44 |
77.09.1926 |
New York Bureau
Yank Fliers Blast Leipzig
GERMANY – Striving to paralyze the great Nazi plane plants at Leipzig,
in central Germany, 8th Army Air Force Flying Fortresses
drop their deadly loads of bombs. Flak bursts near the lead plane,
during the February 20th record raid, part of the round the
clock aerial bombardment which still continues.
Credit (U.S.A.A.F. Photo via Radiotelephoto from ACME) |
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2-25-44 |
77.09.2010 |
New York Bureau
We Fire Cassino Abbey
ITALY – Long immune from Allied guns, the Benedictine monastery is
enveloped by smoke and flame as waves of Allied bombers fire the
retreat, used by the Nazis as a fortress, on the tip of Mount Cassino.
The Allies trained their guns away from the abbey until it was
obviously necessary, from a military point of view, to shatter the
buildings used by the Germans to great advantage over our fighters in
the valley below.
Credit: (ACME) |
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2-25-44 |
77.09.2306 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
FORTIFIED MONASTERY BATTERED BY ALLIES
ITALY—The famous Benedictine monastery on the peak of Mount Cassino is
turned into a smoke-shrouded inferno by Allied bombers. Explosives
were followed by incendiaries, as some 250 medium and heavy bombers
knocked out the religious building which the Nazis had turned into a
fortress used to shell Allied troops.
Credit: Acme |
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2-25-44 |
77.09.2307 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
SMASHING NAZI DEFENSES AT CASSINO
ITALY—Allied shells burst between the town of Cassino and the famous
Monte Cassino Abbey (left) on the tip of the mountain peak, as Fifth
Army forces seek to drive the Germans from their strong defense
positions. Other shells, which give off very little smoke and are
barely discernible, are exploding in the town itself close to the
castle which surmounts surrounding houses.
Credit: Acme |
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02-25-44 |
77.09.2816 |
San Francisco Bureau
Marines Hit the Beach at Eniwetok
Eniwetok Island – Marines crouch in surf on beach of Eniwetok Island,
waiting for naval and air bombardment to lift before they storm Jap
positions on island.
Credit Line (ACME) |
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2-25-44 |
77.09.2471 |
San Francisco Bureau
Enitwetok Island Invasion Casualty
Enitwetok Island—“Casualties were light.” That phrase from the
communiqué gives rise to optimism on the home front but it won’t bring
back to life or comfort the next of kin of this Marine being dragged
through surf to coral beach of Enitwetok Island after Jap bullet
killed him as he leaped into surf from landing boat. Did you buy a
bond today?
Credit: ACME. |
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2-26-44 |
77.09.116 |
New York Bureau
Nettuno Waterfront Under Attack
Nettuno, Italy – Most of them obscured by heavy shell smoke, the
beautiful homes lining the waterfront at Nettuno are targets for the
Nazis. Pounding the Allied holdings from their positions along the
Italian coastline north of Anzio, the Germans keep up a relentless
barrage.
Credit-WP-(ACME Photo by Bert Brandt for the War Picture Pool)
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2-26-44 |
77.09.275 |
New York Bureau
Led Navy Air Fighters on Truk
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC - Leader of a U.S. Navy fighter squadron in the
daring February 15-16 carrier task force raid on Truk, Lieut. Comdr.
W. Harrison, USN, of Miami Beach, Fla., said after the raid: "I saw
only nine of about 30 ships left afloat in two anchorages, and three
of them were burning."
Credit (Official U.S. Navy Photo form ACME) |
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2-26-44 |
77.09.1925 |
Nazi Shells Hit Only Water
NETTUNO, ITALY – A smoky spray of sea water rises high as German
shells miss their mark. Attempting to batter Allied shipping off
Nettuno from their positions along the coastline north of Anzio, the
Germans kick up only wicked streams of water and American ships are
seldom hit.
Credit Line – WP - (Acme photo by Bert Brandt for the War Picture
Pool) |
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02-26-44 |
77.09.2823 |
New York Bureau
Has Shed Her Cobwebs
Tied up in Tulagi Harbor after she was badly damaged in the battle for
Tassafaronga, November, 1942, the cruiser Minneapolis wears a “cobweb”
camouflage dress over her super structure as she awaits repairs
enabling her to journey to Pearl Harbor and then San Francisco. Now,
the gallant cruiser is back in the U.S. Navy offensive against
far-flung Japanese bases in the Pacific.
Credit (Official U.S. Navy photo from ACME) |
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02-26-44 |
77.09.2876 |
New York Bureau
Funeral Pyre for Jap Riflemen
Marshall Islands – A towering geyser of smoke and debris marks the
extinction of a number of Japanese riflemen who were blown up along
with their fortified dugout by U.S. Marine “detonation squads” during
the advance over Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshalls on February 1.
Credit (Official U.S. Navy photo from ACME) |
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2-28-44 |
77.09.281.a |
New York Bureau
Wants to "Get it Over"
ASSAM -- Sgt. William H. Hancock (left) USA, of Rockhill, S.C., was
given a chance to go home on leave after serving two years in the CBI
Theater, under the new policy which gives a man a furlough after two
years service. But the Sergeant turned down the chance, even though he
was anxious to get home, because he wants to stay and get the war
over. A Chinese pal is shown with Hancock.
Credit: (ACME Photo by Frank Cancellare for the War Picture Pool)
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2-28-44 |
77.09.921 |
New York Bureau
Led Forces at Eniwetok
Eniwetok—Here are the men that led the forces capturing Eniwetok
Atoll, latest conquest of U.S. attackers in the Marshall Islands.
Shown with the Jap flag captured in the fighting, are: (left to
right), Col. Russell G. Ayers, Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Watson, and Rear
Admiral H.W. Hill. They commanded Army, Navy, and Marine Corps
elements in the fighting.
Credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo from ACME. |
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2-28-44 |
77.09.2374 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
ANZIO BEACHHEAD COST
ANZIO, ITALY—Lying along the deck of a landing craft for the trip out
to a hospital ship out in the harbor here, are some of the casualties
from the fierce battle for the Anzio beachhead.
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo from Acme |
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02-28-44 |
77.09.2877 |
New York Bureau
Eniwetok Atoll – Medical corpsmen give blood transfusions to the
Marines who were wounded wresting Eniwetok island from veteran
Japanese fighters. In the foreground, a Leatherneck receives plasma
while in the background other corpsmen get supplies to be rushed to
nearby wounded.
Credit (Official Coast Guard photo from ACME) |
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02-28-44 |
77.09.2880 |
New York Bureau
Nip Ship Does “Disappearing Act”
Truk—In one huge gout of smoke and debris, a Japanese ammunition ship
is blasted to pieces as it receives a direct hit from a U.S. Navy dive
bomber, one of the carrier-based aircraft taking part in the recent
attack on the Nip Pacific stronghold of Truk, in the Caroline
islands. The American plane scoring the hit was caught in the blast
and destroyed during the raids by a huge U.S. Task force on Truk Feb
16-17, 23 Jap ships were sunk, six probably sunk, and 11 damaged.
Credit Line (U.S. Navy photo from ACME) |
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2-29-44 |
77.09.4028.a-b |
New York Bureau
”Thirty”
Washington, D.C. -- Flames mark the end of two carrier-based Torpedo
planes, the result of an aerial collision in the Marshall Islands
area, which caused the death of Raymond Clapper, newspaper columnist
and writer, and the crews of both planes.
Credit: ACME |
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3-2-44 |
77.09.912.a |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Macarthur Congratulates First Admiralty Lander
Los Negros, A.I.—Landing from destroyers Tuesday, Feb. 29th,
elements of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division captured Momote
Airdrome on Los Negros Island in the Admiralties. General Douglas
Macarthur (L) shakes hands with 1st Lt. Frank Henshaw of
Alice, Texas, first man to land on the island, a feat for which he was
awarded the D.S.C. Enemy resistance is being rapidly overcome and the
operation proved to be extremely successful Macarthur said the action
was started as a reconnaissance in force and became an invasion when
the opportunity made itself available.
Credit: Signal Corps radiotelephoto from ACME. |
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3-2-44 |
77.09.1212 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
JAPAN, HO!
SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC – Lookouts of a U.S. Naval Task Force which
shelled Japan’s big base at Paramushiro in the northern Jkuriles early
in February wear face masks for protection against biting wind and icy
spray as the force steamed on its way. It may have been this lookout
who first sighted the Nipponese mainland.
Credit: ACME |
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3-2-44 |
77.09.2608 |
New York Bureau
Cold Work
Somewhere in the Pacific – Ice forms along the decks and rails of the
U.S. Task Force ships which shelled Paramushiro, Japanese Naval Base
in the Northern Kurile Islands early in February. The raid marked the
first time American Warships had come so close to Japanese home
territory since the outbreak of war. Shore installations and a
merchant vessel were damaged. The Task Force escaped unharmed.
Credit: ACME |
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3-2-44 |
77.09.2610 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Checking Yank Supplies on Los Negros
Los Negros Island – Two members of the First U.S. Cavalry Division
check supplies on the beach at Los Negros, after the American landing
on this island of the Admiralty group. In the background can be seen
Jap grass huts and supply dumps, wrecked by the pre-invasion air and
sea bombardment. Photo was taken during a heavy rain by Acme
photographer Tom Shafer. Gen. MacArthur, who personally directed the
invasion Feb. 29, from the bridge of a ship of the Task Force,
announced today that the Admiralty Invasion had been planned merely as
a reconnaissance in force, but when it was discovered how completely
the Japs were taken by surprise, the move was turned into a complete
occupation.
Credit: ACME photo by Tom Shafer for the War Picture Pool via Signal
Corps Radiophoto |
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3-3-44 |
77.09.1680 |
New York Bureau
Helping Wounded Captive
CARROCETA, ITALY—A pair of angry-looking Nazi captives help a wounded
buddy along as they are led to a prisoner of war cage behind Allied
lines in Italy. Surrounded by an armored division thrust during the
fighting new Carroceta, the Germans surrendered to Fifth Army
infantrymen.
Credit: ACME PHOTO BY SHERMAN MONTROSE FOR THE WAR PICTURE POOL.
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3-3-44 |
77.09.1898 |
New York Bureau
Get That Picture!
NETTUNO, ITALY – Squatting on a pile of bomb-debris, Charlie Seawood,
Acme Newspictures photographer for the war picture pool, is ready to
make a picture of the bomb ruins of battle-scarred Nettuno.
Credit Line – WP – (Acme) |
