Through the Camera's Eye:
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Gallery 119
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Image # |
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5-14-44 |
77.09.2004.a |
“Operation, Strangle”
ITALY – Allied strategy has been at work in Italy since February 18,
in an all-out movement to cut off all means of transporting supplies
to the Germans on the Anzio and Nettuno fronts. The Mediterranean
Allied Air Forces, using B-26 and B-25 medium bombers, P-47’s, and
A-36 and P-40 fighter-bombers, has succeeded in winding an
impenetrable noose around Central Italy, successfully choking off all
German access to reinforcements and supplies. The Air Plan, nicknamed
“Operation, Strangle”, consisted mainly of (1) smashing marshalling
yards in Central Italy in order to shove all marshalling activity
north of the Pisa-Rimini line; (2) using medium and fighter-bombers to
cut bridges south of the Pisa-Rimini Line, thus forcing the Hun to use
motor transport; (3) hitting the freight-jammed marshalling yards in
Northern Italy with heavy bombers; and (4) using light bombers and
fighter bombers to strafe motor transport an road bridges in Central
Italy. The plan’s success was obvious when, by March 24, no though
rail line led to Rome; the closet approach without transshipping was
to within 125 miles of the city. Allied pressure on the besiege German
forces reached a climax on May 13 when American tanks smashed into
Castelforte, southern anchor of the Gustav Line, while along the front
Allied troops cracked through the enemy’s outer defenses, capturing
nine strategic hills and four towns.
New York Bureau
The Allies’ intense instruction in precision bombing has served them
in good stead in the campaign against German supply facilities. After
a Marauder May Day raid on these yards in Florence German
transportation received a taste of precision bombing which it would
not soon forget. In the foreground shattered cars lie on tracks
smashed almost beyond repair. “Operation, Strangle” scored another
victory.
Credit (Official USAAF Photo from ACME) |
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5-14-44 |
77.09.2005.a |
“Operation, Strangle”
ITALY – Allied strategy has been at work in Italy since February 18,
in an all-out movement to cut off all means of transporting supplies
to the Germans on the Anzio and Nettuno fronts. The Mediterranean
Allied Air Forces, using B-26 and B-25 medium bombers, P-47’s, and
A-36 and P-40 fighter-bombers, has succeeded in winding an
impenetrable noose around Central Italy, successfully choking off all
German access to reinforcements and supplies. The Air Plan, nicknamed
“Operation, Strangle”, consisted mainly of (1) smashing marshalling
yards in Central Italy in order to shove all marshalling activity
north of the Pisa-Rimini line; (2) using medium and fighter-bombers to
cut bridges south of the Pisa-Rimini Line, thus forcing the Hun to use
motor transport; (3) hitting the freight-jammed marshalling yards in
Northern Italy with heavy bombers; and (4) using light bombers and
fighter bombers to strafe motor transport an road bridges in Central
Italy. The plan’s success was obvious when, by March 24, no though
rail line led to Rome; the closet approach without transshipping was
to within 125 miles of the city. Allied pressure on the besiege German
forces reached a climax on May 13 when American tanks smashed into
Castelforte, southern anchor of the Gustav Line, while along the front
Allied troops cracked through the enemy’s outer defenses, capturing
nine strategic hills and four towns.
New York Bureau
Allied B-17’s did a double job when they hit this rail and port target
at Ancona on the Adriatic Coast of middle Italy. Bombs smashed into
the rail lines and crippled ships in the harbor, striking another
fierce blow on the already-diminishing sources of Nazi supplies.
Credit (Official USAAF Photo from ACME) |
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5-16-44 |
77.09.197 |
New York Bureau
Chalking Up 100th Mission
ENGLAND -- Capt. Paul Shannon (left), Attica, Kan., paints 100th bomb
symbol on 9th Air Force Marauder medium bomber "Mild and Bitter" at an
English base as T/Sgt. William L. Stuart, Donna, Tex., crew chief of
the bomber, watches. Stuart has groomed the plane, the first in the
E.T.O. to fly 100 missions, for every one of its flights.
Credit:-WP-(ACME) |
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5-16-44 |
77.09.4368a |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Invasion Ships Mass Off British Coast
England – This photo, radioed today from London, shows landing craft
of all types massed off the British coast in readiness for the coming
invasion. It was reported that the tremendous fleet consisted of large
concentrations of transport ships every kind of landing vessel. It is
said to be the largest number of ships afloat off the British coast
since the Dunkerque evacuation.
Credit: ACME Radiophoto |
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5-16-44 |
77.09.4369a |
New York Bureau
War Comes To Dunkirk Again
France – The bitter memory of Dunkirk is partially avenged as a 9th
Air Force Marauder Bomber leaves a smoking target behind and heads for
home after another sortie against Nazi military installations. The
smoke from bomb bursts indicates hits on a railway and other
objectives in Dunkirk.
Credit: Official USAAF photo from ACME |
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5-17-44 |
77.09.173 |
New York Bureau
One for the Nazis
ENGLAND -- This A-20 Havoc of the Ninth Air Force was hit and burst
into flames while on a mission over France recently. Picture was
flashed to the U.S. by radiotelephoto.
Credit (U.S. Army Radio From ACME) |
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5-17-44 |
77.09.1695 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
AND ONE WAS HIT (#3)
ITALY—This is the last photo in a dramatic sequence made in an unnamed
Italian village as three U.S. scouts fought a building-to-building
scrap against entrenched Nazis. Here one of them is hit by a Nazi
bullet and falls as his two comrades quickly dart into an open door
for momentary shelter. White could is probably caused by exploding
grenade.
Credit: Signal Corps newsreel photo from Acme |
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5-17-44 |
77.09.1696 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
AND ONE WAS HIT (#2)
ITALY—This is second photo in a dramatic sequence made in an unnamed
[sic] Italian village as three U.S. scouts fought a
building-to-building scrap against entrenched Nazis. Here the men try
to keep their heads low as they edge cautiously toward an open door.
Credit: Signal Corps newsreel photo – Acme |
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5-17-44 |
77.09.1697 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
AND ONE WAS HIT (#1)
ITALY—This is the first photo in a dramatic sequence made in an
unnamed Italian village as three U.S. scouts fought a
building-to-building scrap against entrenched Nazis. Here the trio
moves cautiously down the street as a fourth scout watches them go and
is prepared to cover the rear.
Credit: Signal Corps newsreel photo from Acme |
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5-17-44 |
77.09.1703 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
SALVAGE SOLDIERS
NETTUNO, ITALY—S/Sgt. Robert S. Lockett, of Dallas, Tex., and S/Sgt.
Lewis Brooks, of Gunter, Tex., salvage parts of a Spitfire at Nettuno
airfield.
Credit: Acme photo by Charles Seawood for the War Picture Pool |
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5-17-44 |
77.09.1704 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
RUBBLED ADVANCE
ITALY—A trio of Americans walk through the debris-filled streets of
San Maria Infante which was captured by the Allies after they renewed
their offensive actions against the German forces in Italy.
Credit: U.S. Army Radio from Acme |
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5-18-44 |
77.09.1254 |
Washington Bureau ACME NewsPictures (Passed By Censor)
First Original Photos Of Latest Italian Drive
This is one of the first original photos to be received from the
Italian Front since the start of the new allied drive. The Picture
was made on May 13th and despite the various channels fo
censorship and transportation problems they were in Washington, D.C.
by the afternoon of May 18th. It is believed that a new
record has thus been established for the expediting of news pictures
by the army. PHOTO SHOWS—Hard in the wake of the French forces
passing through Castleforte on the Fifth army front comes long lines
of ammunition food and other supplies going forward to forward
echelons and frontline infantrymen. The photo was made north of the
Garigliano River, not far from the first important objective gained on
the second day of the offensive
Credit: Acme Photo by Charles Seawood for the War Picture Pool
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5-18-44 |
77.09.1702 |
WASHINGTON BUREAU—ACME NEWSPICTURES
FIRST ORIGINAL PHOTOS OF LATEST ITALIAN DRIVE
This is one of the first original photos to be received from the
Italian front since the start of the new Allied drive. The picture was
made on May 13th and despite the various channels of
censorship and transportation problems they were in Washington, D.C.,
by the afternoon of May 18th. It is believed that a new
record for expediting of newspictures has thus been established by the
Army. Photo shows—Italian refugees as they fled from the town of
Castleforte following the capture of the German stronghold by French
and Allied Forces on the second day of the spring offensive.
Credit: Acme photo by Charles Seawood for the War Picture Pool |
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5-18-44 |
77.09.1706 |
RADIOTELEPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
DAMAGED ROAD DIDN’T STOP ADVANCING TROOPS
ITALY—Retreating Germans blew up a bridge near Castellonorato in an
attempt to impede the Allied advance on the town. Our troops, geared
to the high tempo of the new Italian offensive, are shown filling in a
road crossing next to the blown up bridge. Latest Italian announcement
confirmed the German evacuation of Cassino, Nazi stronghold.
Credit: US Army Radiotelephoto from Acme |
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5-18-44 |
77.09.1707 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
ALLIES SMASH GUSTAV LINE—FIRST PHOTOS
CASTLEFORTE, ITALY—This photo, one of the first originals to be
received in the U.S. of the current smashing Allied offensive against
the Germans in Italy, shows American-equipped French troops of the
Fifth Army (right, and left foreground), rounding up Germans in
Castleforte after the Allies had taken the town on the second day of
the attack. The enemy troops were left to hold the town “at all
costs,” but were no proof against the fury of the Fifth Army attack,
which cracked the Gustav Line and is now pressing strongly against the
Hitler Line—last line of German fortifications in Italy. This photo,
taken May 13th and which was received in the U.S. today,
(May 18th) is believed to have set a new record in the
expediting of news pictures by the U.S. Army.
Credit: Acme photo by Charles Seawood for the War Picture Pool |
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5-18-44 |
77.09.1708 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
ALLIES SMASH GUSTAV LINE—FIRST PHOTOS
CASTLEFORTE, ITALY—This photo, one of the first originals to be
received in the U.S. of the current smashing Allied offensive against
the Germans in Italy, shows two American-equipped French soldiers of
the Fifth Army, holding submachine guns ready for use (left), as they
round up enemy soldiers in Castleforte after it had been taken by the
Allies the second day of the attack. The Germans were left to defend
the town “at all costs”, but were no proof against the fury of the
Fifth Army advance. Today, five days after this photo was taken, the
Allies have almost completely obliterated the Gustav line and are
pressing strongly against the Hitler Line—last line of Nazi
fortifications in Italy.
Credit: Acme photo by Charles Seawood for the War Picture Pool |
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5-18-44 |
77.09.2044 |
New York Bureau
With the Greatest of Care
ITALY – A member of the U.S. Army Medical Corps tenderly and gently
dresses the leg of a young Italian girl who was wounded in the
Castelonorato area during the latest drive. This photo was flashed by
Army Radiotelephoto.
Credit (U.S. Army Radio from ACME) |
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5-18-44 |
77.09.2045 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
For Freedom’s Sake
ITALY – With his rifle still clenched in lifeless hands, an unnamed
Allied infantrymen lies as he died in a position of combat – fighting
for the liberation of mankind from the forces of Fascism. He was
killed by enemy mortar fire in the assault on Santa Maria, Italy. In
the background a shell- scarred tree forms a crude cross lending a
reverent touch to the desolate scene.
Credit: (US Army Radiotelephoto from ACME) |
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5-18-44 |
77.09.2726 |
New York Bureau
Alligators thru the Wreckage
Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea – In a line stretching far as the eye can
see, amphibious Alligator Tanks are shown through the wreckage of a
Japanese plane on Sentani Airdrome, near Hollandia. The alligators
helped to take the airfield by circling through Lake Sentani. The
soldier in foreground is apparently on the lookout for any Japs left
in the area.
Credit: ACME photo by Frank Prist, Jr. for the War Picture Pool |
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5-18-44 |
77.09.2727 |
New York Bureau
China’s Orphans
Chungking, China – Orphaned by the war that lays waste to their native
land, these Chinese youngsters are learning to forget the terror that
marked their early childhood at a new home for war orphans, near
Chungking. Raising their hands to their foreheads, the youngsters
salute Madame Chiang Kai-Shek as she visits their new home for opening
day ceremonies on May 2nd.
Credit: ACME photo by Frank Cancellare for the War Picture Pool |
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05-18-44 |
77.09.3136 |
New York Bureau
-- But, No “Old Lace”!
South Pacific – A bitter dose to the Japs in the South Pacific, is
this U.S. Marine Corps tank, appropriately dubbed “Arsenic”. Two of
the battle-hardened crew members stand beside their “Nip Eliminator.”
Left to right, are: Cpl. Rocky J. Bonoma, son of Mrs. Ida Bonoma, 6258
Cuyler Ave., Chicago, Ill.; and Sgt. Paul E. Wyers, son of Mrs. Martha
Wyers, 410 Weatherly St., Borger, Texas.
Credit line (U.S. Marine Corps photo from ACME) |
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5-18-44 |
77.09.4257a |
New York Bureau
WORK OF FRENCH SABOTEURS
GRENOBLE, FRANCE—The handiwork of thorough French saboteurs, this
German barracks at Grenoble is a shambles—its interior blown to bits
by angry patriots after the Nazis refused to release hostages taken
into custody after a previous act of sabotage. As a result of their
effective resistance against the Germans, citizens of the town of
Grenoble have been awarded the Croix de Guerre.
Credit Line (ACME) |
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5-19-44 |
77.09.1268 |
Newyork Bureau
Invincible Berlin?
BERLIN GERMANY – When Goering boastfully proclaimed that the allies
would never bomb Berlin, he reckoned without the forcefulness and
persistence of the RAF and the USAAF. Recent raids by the two air
forces have reduced the German Capital to shambles, and given to the
Nazis a return engagement of the Blitz with which they so heartlessly
pounded London. Here, an aged German woman struggles out from a
shelter after an allied raid on Berlin, and is helped as she makes her
way through the wreckage of what was once a Berlin thoroughfare.
Credit: ACME |
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5-19-44 |
77.09.1349 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
NO MORE HEIL-ING HERE
BERLIN, GERMANY—This photo, received by radio from a neutral source,
shows the Berlin Sportpalast, home of the famous “Heil, Hitler”
speeches, merely a shell left standing after a recent Allied attack on
the German capital. It was in this stadium that the youth of Germany
gathered to pay blind homage to their Paperhanger Dictator.
Credit: Acme |
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5-19-44 |
77.09.1694 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
NO REST FOR THE WICKED
ITALY—The houses on the side of this road leading to the German front
lines might once have provided suitable quarters for the Nazi troops,
but no more. Allied artillery, hitting at the enemy with renewed
vigor, has shattered the houses into uselessness. Nazi soldiers
plodding up the road are moving up to relieve one of their units on
the Italian front. This scene of destruction has been repeated in the
key towns of Castelforte and Cassino, which are now in the hands of
the Allies.
Credit: Acme |
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