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77.09.3838 |
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77.09.3848 |
Patrol Land Down Under
Squadron of American P-40’s manned by American fighting pilots on
patrol somewhere over Australia.
Photo approved by U.S. Army Bureau of Public Relations, Washington,
D.C. |
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77.09.3861a |
New York Bureau
What Happened to Nazi Saboteurs
Washington, D.C.—Marked only by rude boards bearing numbers of
identification, these graves on the District government reservation
(the rest of the caption is illegible).
Credit: ACME. |
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77.09.3865 |
NY145-The U.S. Submarine “S-26” announced sunk with all but 3 of
complement in collision Jan 24 off Panama was sister ship of S-29
shown here. See wires. |
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77.09.3946 |
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77.09.3967.a-b |
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77.09.3977.a-b |
Southern Soldiers Return From Battle Fronts
These two wounded soldiers chat in a ward of the U.S. Army Hospital
Ship “Aoadia” which docked Jan. 5 at an East Coast port returning
casualties for treatment. Left is Sgt. Harvey Fitzgerald, 1858 Felix
Ave., Memphis, Tenn.; Pfc. Raymond D. Horton, of Coleman, Tex. Is
right. |
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77.09.3987.a-b |
Texan Leads Bomber Group
Col. Reginald F. C. Vance, London-born commander of the U.S. 9th
Air Force “Silver Streak” Marauder Bomber Group, looks out from the
cockpit of one of the unpainted bombers at a base in England. Col.
Vance’s group was the first to shed the olive drab paint, thus making
the plane faster by about 10 miles per hour. His present home is on
San Antonio, Texas. |
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77.09.3904 |
Washington – Sharing
in the hero’s welcome accorded General Wainwright was T/Sgt. Hubert
Carroll of Paris, Texas. Carroll served under Wainwright for many
years a his orderly and was also made a prisoner of the Japs at Bataan.
He arrived in Washington aboard the plane carrying Wainwright and rode
in the General’s motorcade.
Credit: ACME |
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77.09.4011.a |
New York Bureau
Here is Capt. Gentile’s “Nazi-Killer” technique. His right hand grips
the “stick” with his thumb resting on the gun button, while his left
hand (lower left in photo) rests on the throttle. Although some of the
high-scoring Allied aces use both hands on the stick with elbows
resting on their knees, while in actual combat, Capt. Gentile says, “I
never touch the knee with my left hand, even in violent maneuvers.”
Credit: USAAF photo from ACME |
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77.09.4012 |
U.S.S. Wakefield (formerly the Manhattan) afire at sea.
Small ship at left is a destroyer.
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo from ACME |
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77.09.4027.a-b |
War Birds in the Snow
A North Atlantic Port -- Douglas Dauntless Dive Bombers and Grumman
Avenger Torpedo Planes are shown tied down on the snow-covered flight
deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in this photo taken at “a North
Atlantic port” recently.
Credit: U.S. Navy photo from ACME |
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77.09.4037.a-b |
Nazi War Prisoner Married By Proxy
McAlester, Okla. - Married by proxy to his sweetheart in Germany, A
prisoner of war (second from left front) in camp at McAlester, Okla.,
is surrounded by comrades who witnessed the ceremony. At left of
bride’s picture on table is her bouquet and at right is small-tiered
wedding cake. Oil painting, a wedding present, has been censored.
Bridegroom wears a ribbon indicating he has received the Iron Cross,
second class; the medals are a wound medal and an athletic medal.
Credit: ACME |
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77.09.4057 |
New York Bureau
U.S. Army Rifle Grenade
By the addition of this launcher-adaptor, this ordinary U.S. Army
30-calibre rifle may be quickly altered to propel a high powered rifle
grenade. Such a weapon can be used with telling effect against enemy
pill boxes and gun emplacements and covers the interval between the
distance a soldier can toss a grenade and the much greater range of
the mortar or the now famous Bazooka. Here, a soldier sights a rifle
equipped for firing rifle grenades.
Credit: U.S. Army photo from ACME |
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77.09.4080a |
Radiotelephoto
New York
Bureau
Credited With 27 Kills
England -
America’s Air Ace in the European Theatre of Operations takes time out
from his daily task of downing German planes to freshen up with a
shave. Once over lightly may be his mode of shaving but Nazi pilots
haven’t been taking his air maneuvers so lightly. Capt. Robert S.
Johnson, Lawton, Okla., has become America’s King of Aces in this
war-toughened air theatre by shooting down 27 enemy planes.
Credit: US Army Radiotelephoto from ACME |
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77.09.4088 |
Last Of Allies to Leave Dunkirk
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77.09.4093 |
Rescue workers search bomb-wreckage heap in London for
bodies following September 11 aerial bombing. Cablephoto from London
today. |
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77.09.4106a |
Railroad Yards at Juvisy, Paris
On the night of April 18/19, 1944, R.A.F. Bomber Command dispatched
over 1,000 aircraft on a large number of operations. In particular,
forces of four-engined Lancasters and Halifaxes left England just
before midnight to attack railroad targets near Paris. One of these
was Juvisy, a dozen miles further up the Seine. British official
photos show:
Left - The Juvisy yards before the R.A.F. attack. (c.4295)
Right - Exactly the same area on the afternoon of April 19. Note the
complete disappearance of workshops, repair depots, signaling
apparatus, warehouses, roundhouses and nearly all facilities. Rolling
stock can be seen lying between the shattered tracks in grotesque
positions. (c.4297) |
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77.09.4107a |
Aulnoye Railroad Yards Destroyed
The R.A.F. Bomber Command’s heavy attack on Aulnoye, France, the night
of April 27/28, 1944, caused specially heavy damage in the area of the
sorting sidings. Each of the 32 tracks in this area was cut in several
places and damage and destruction amongst the large concentration of
rolling stock was very severe. There is 80 percent damage to the
carriage and wagon repair shops. British official photos show:
Above - The target after two attacks in March and April but before the
R.A.F. Bomber Command’s concentrated attack of April 27/28. (c. 4330)
Below - After the attack - almost complete obliteration. Tracks have
been cut and rolling stock scattered in complete confusion. The series
of curves, which now form the road at the top, have been made by
vehicles and people passing around the craters and debris. The same
type of paths can be seen in the railroad yard and have been made by
people trying to get to the scene of devastation. (c.4331) |
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77.09.4108a |
Permanent Way Depot at Chambly, North of Paris
Claimed to be one of the most important and up-to-date permanent way
depots in Europe, Chambly was the target of R.A.F. Bomber Command’s
attack the night of May 1/2, 1944. British official photos show:
Above - The target before the R.A.F. attack. (c. 4328)
Below - The same area after attack. The points and crossings shop and
the railroad ties impregnation plant, with their allied buildings,
have been almost totally destroyed. The stores yards - which were well
filled with stores prior to the attack - are saturated with craters
and the majority of the contents destroyed or damaged. Many of the
buildings have been completely obliterated. (c. 4329) |
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77.09.4109a |
Amiens Railroad Yards
Wrecked By R.A.F. Pinpoint Bombing
Great damage has been done by R.A.F. Bomber Command’s
recent precision attacks on the important French railroad
installations. Heavy blows have been struck at important links in the
rail system on which the Germans depend for the movement of men and
supplies in Northern and North-Western France. Reconnaissance
photographs reveal devastation among rolling stock, tracks, locomotive
workshops and rail installation generally.
This British official photo shows a section of the Amiens yards after
the heavy March attacks. Scores of craters overlap where once the
tracks were, two locomotive roundhouses (top) are almost completely
destroyed, and there is severe damage to a locomotive barn (top
right). Rolling stock has suffered heavily. (c.4221) |
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77.09.4110a |
MAILLY TANK DEPOT
On the night of May 4/5, 1944, aircraft of the Royal Air Force bomber
command in strong force attacked this large tank and truck depot 40
miles Southeast of Rheims, France, with 1500 tons of high explosive
and incendiary bombs. The Germans reacted violently to the attack on
what was evidently an important military objective and sent up
fighters in great numbers. Despite the pitched air battle fought over
the target, the bombing went on with unfaltering precision. The
marking was deliberate and exact and the bombing was well concentrated
round the target indicators. These British official photos show:
above – the depot before the attack
below – the same area after the R.A.F. attack.
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77.09.4111a |
ST. CYR FIELD AIR PARK & SIGNALS EQUIPMENT DEPOT
On the night of April 10/11, 1944, Lancasters of the Royal Air Force
bomber command attacked this depot near Versailles, France. These
British official photos show:
Above – Before the attack; a group of buildings used as a Signals
Equipment depot believed to contain large stores of signals and radar
equipment for the use of the Luftwaffe.
Below – After the attack; Lancasters carrying 8,000-pound bombs
produced this remarkable example of night precision bombing. There is
practically complete devastation to this group of buildings. |
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77.09.4124a |
RADIO TELEPHOTO
New York Bureau
NAZI JEEP PROVIDES COVER FOR YANK
FRANCE –An American infantryman kneels low behind an overturned German
amphibious jeep, taking cover from enemy fire at the front in France.
The doughboy keeps this rifle on the ready, set to return fire that
comes his way.
Credit: Acme |
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77.09.4131 |
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