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7-5-44 |
77.09.36 |
Duplicate of 77.09.35 |
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07-05-44 |
77.09.3216 |
New York Bureau
Warships Shell Garapan
Garapan, Saipan – Leathernecks from the Second Marine division – the
conquerors of Tarawa – were tightening the vise around the city of
Garapan, capital of Saipan, when this photo was taken. Fires in the
coastal area were caused by fleet bombardment and sunken Japanese
shipping can be seen in the harbor. Garapan has surrendered and is
now in American hands.
Credit line (Coast Guard photo from ACME) |
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07-05-44 |
77.09.3217 |
Fireball
Off Saipan – With a roar and a blast of vivid flame, a 14-inch gun
aboard a U.S. battleship hurls screaming steel toward Jap positions on
Saipan island. This is only one of the hundred of guns of a giant
Navy task force that helped U.S. Marines and Army troops establish
their beachhead, last June 14. Today, with the exception of a small
pocket of resistance, American forces are in full possession of the
strategic Mariana island.
Credit line (U.S. Navy photo from ACME) |
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7-6-44 |
77.09.830 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Four Star Independence Day Visitor
Normandy—Accompanied by Lt. General Omar N. Bradley, General Dwight D.
Eisenhower (second from top of steps) climbs from the base of a rocket
bomb launching platform captured by the Yanks somewhere in Normandy.
“Ike” visited the launching site as part of his Independence Day tour
of the Normandy front.
Credit: Signal Corps radiotelephoto from ACME |
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7-6-44 |
77.09.831 |
New York Bureau
Frenchmen Aid Allied Armies
France—French civilians are now finding work with the Allied forces in
Normandy. Here a group of workers help sort ammunition at one of the
huge dumps built at a bridgehead. A roller stack speeds up the heavy
work.
Credit: ACME photo by Bert Brandt, War Pool Correspondent |
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7-6-44 |
77.09.1326 |
LIBERATED MINSK BURNS
MINSK—Residents of Minsk sit on salvaged furniture to watch homes,
burned by the Nazis, go up in flames. Liberated by the rampaging Red
Army, this former Nazi stronghold opens the gates on the road to
Warsaw.
Credit: Acme radiophoto |
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07-06-44 |
77.09.3218 |
San Francisco Bureau
They Downed 28 Jap Planes
Pacific Fleet – Twenty-eight Jap planes were bagged by these members
of famous “Ripper Squadron” in a singl run off Iwo Jima, June 24. Top
row, left to right: Lt. (JG) Barney Barnard, Donna, Tex., who bagged
5; Ens. W.B. Webb, Wichita Falls, Tex., 6; Comdr. William A. Dean,
Coronado, Calif., 4. Bottom row, left to right: Lt (JG) Merriwell W.
Vineyard, Whitewright, Tex., 4; Lt. (JG) E.C. Gargreaves, Brimfield,
Tex., 4; and Lt. Russell L. Reisener, Redwood City, Calif., 5. The
squadron has shot down 120 planes in combat, destroyed more than 120
on ground.
Credit line (ACME) |
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7-6-44 |
77.09.3647 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Minsk Loses Nazi Bombs
Minsk—Tanksmen stand and watch as the Red Flag of the Soviet Union is
raised once more over the industrial city of Minsk. Russian armies
rolled forward with terrific speed to retake the city which had become
a key Nazi bastian.
Credit: ACME radiophoto. |
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7-7-44 |
77.09.220 |
New York Bureau
Death Waltz Over Vienna
VIENNA -- Mortally wounded in battle with a German ME-109 while on a
mission over synthetic oil refineries in Vienna, a B-24 Liberator of
the American 15th Air Force spouts flames from one of its motors and
goes into its final death throes. Crew bailed out safely before the
plane split in half for plunge to earth.
Credit (USAAF Photo from ACME) |
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7-7-44 |
77.09.833 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
« Ike » Inspects Norman Front
France—Riding in the rear of a Jeep, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
inspects frontline troops on the march somewhere in France. The
supreme commander of Allied expeditionary forces also visited newly
won airfield in France and congratulated pilots for the job they were
doing in support of ground troops.
Credit: U.S. Army radiotelephoto from ACME |
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7-7-44 |
77.09.2314 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
BLAST ROBOT BASES
Kept secret for security reasons, this photo reveals that the U.S.
Army 9th Air Force Bomber and Fighter-bomber planes have
been attacking for some time the sites and launching platforms of the
Nazi pilotless planes—the alleged secret weapon of the enemy. Plainly
visible bomb bursts concentrated in the target area indicate that this
site was put out of commission temporarily at least.
Credit: USAAF photo from Acme |
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7-7-44 |
77.09.2960 |
LET ‘ER RIP!
SAIPAIN, MARIANAS—The wallop packed by this Jap gun captured on Saipan
is well evidenced here. Even the tough Leatherneck hides his face from
the repercussion of its fire, as one of his buddies shouts “Let ‘er
go,” as they turn the gun on its former owners during the fight for
Garapan, key Jap city on Saipan.
Credit: OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO FROM ACME. |
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7-7-44 |
77.09.2961 |
SEA GRAVE FOR AMERICAN HEROES
SAIPAN—While the noise of battle rumbles in the distant, three
Americans who gave their lives in the early assault waves on Saipan
are buried at sea from a Coast-Guard-manned transport. As the chaplain
reads the simple service, Coast Guardsmen stand solemnly near the
flag-draped bodies. When the honored dead were consigned to the sea,
the guard of honor (lower right) fired a volley and taps was sounded.
Scene took place off Saipan on the third day of the invasion.
Credit: COAST GUARD PHOTO FROM ACME. |
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7-7-44 |
77.09.4426a |
New York Bureau
Wounded Tommies Ride Double Decker
France – Wounded in the fierce assault that stormed the River Orne and
enabled the British to take Caen, three Tommies ride a Double Decker
Jeep, manned by two medics, on their way to the rear for treatment.
Note the hastily constructed pontoon bridge stretched across a stream.
Credit: ACME |
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7-8-44 |
77.09.221 |
New York Bureau
Recipe for Jap Nightmare
PACIFIC - Stretching as far as the eye can see all the ingredients
that go into the making of a Japanese nightmare lie in wait for the
next assignment after arriving in this Pacific harbor back from
chasing the Jap fleet in the Philippine Sea. Six carriers are among
this part of a might U.S. Navy Task Force anxious for another crack at
the Japs. Forces like this one have struck repeatedly at enemy bases,
coming within 500 miles on the Nipponese capital.
Credit (US Navy Photo from ACME) |
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7-8-44 |
77.09.812 |
New York Bureau
Nazis Surrender Last Cherbourg Fort
France—The white flag of surrender waves gracefully in the off-channel
breeze as it goes up over a Nazi fortress in Cherbourg. This last
pocket of enemy resistance went to the Allied troops only after
putting up a terrific battle (passed by censor).
Credit: ACME photo by Bert Brandt, war pool correspondent |
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7-8-44 |
77.09.2957 |
RECEIPE FOR JAP NIGHTMARE
PACIFIC—Packing the world’s most powerful punch a huge Navy Task Force
lies at anchor in a Pacific harbor before going out on another
assignment of Japanese destruction. Even as this caption is being
written, the armada—battleships, cruisers, flat tops and
destroyers—might be sailing in force to meet what is left of the Jap
fleet somewhere in the Pacific. On its last mission this force, or one
as powerful, came within 500 miles of the Nipponese capital. See ACME
photo #W 729678 for another dramatic scene of the ships that are
giving the Japs their biggest nightmare.
Credit: U.S. NAVY PHOTO FROM ACME. |
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7-8-44 |
77.09.2958 |
NIP SEAPLANTS ON THE FRISK
SAIPAN—The apron of this Jap seaplane base in upper Tanapog Harbor is
littered with smashed planes caught by our carrier-based planes and
naval bombardment during the invasion of Saipan. Hangars and repair
huts have been wrecked. Although his airstrip is still in Jap hands-it
is of small use to the enemy, for it has been almost totally wrecked.
Credit: ACME. |
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7-8-44 |
77.09.2959 |
LONE VIGIL
SAIPAN, MARIANAS —A wounded marine keeps a lonely vigil over the
poncho-covered forms of dead comrades as he awaits evacuation to a
rear base on Saipan. Soldiers were killed and their guardian wounded
while cleaning out the Jap pill boxes at right. Total dead on Saipan
has exceeded by three times the number killed in the battle of Tarawa.
Credit: MARINE CORPS PHOTO FROM ACME. |
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7-8-44 |
77.09.2962 |
JUST A WRECK OF ITS FORMER SELF
SAIPAN, MARIANAS—A Jap dive bomber (right) is shot into tiny pieces as
it moves in to attack the U.S. carrier during the big air battle off
Saipan, when Adm. Mitscher’s fleet engaged the Jap navy. No lives were
lost in this air battle, but two pilots were killed in a night crash
on deck. American forces invading Saipan have shoved the Japs into a
small six square mile space on the Island.
Credit: ACME. |
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7-9-44 |
77.09.79 |
New York Bureau
French Liberators in Siena
Italy – French troops of the Fifth Army recently captured the historic
Italian town of Siena, only 25 miles from Florence. On entering the
important town in the north of the Italian peninsula, friendly French
soldiers hand out candy and cigarettes to the equally friendly Siena
villagers come to greet their liberators.
Credit – WP- (AMCE Photo by Charles Seawood, War Pool Correspondent)
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7-9-44 |
77.09.834 |
New York Bureau
And Little Children Line The Rail
France—A huge crowd of 1600 residents of Grandcamp, Little Normandy
town, gathered in the main square to help Yank troops of occupation
celebrate Independence Day. It was a day of independence for the
French inhabitants also. Suffering under the heel of the ruthless
Nazis for four years, Grandcamp is grateful to the Americans who
liberated them. Town was the first freed by the Yanks. Note the little
children lined on the rail anxious to see the celebration.
Credit: ACME photo by Bert Brandt, War Pool Correspondent |
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7-9-44 |
77.09.835 |
New York Bureau
Allies Finally Get Foothold on La Haye
La Haye Du Puits, France—American soldiers look over one of their
medium tanks, blocking a passage in La Haye Du Puits after it had been
knocked out by German guns. The American forces, after being in and
out of La Haye for five days, finally held it yesterday (July 8)
against fierce German resistance. Although our forces have officially
captured the city, German snipers continue to rain bullets into the
streets.
Credit: ACME |
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7-9-44 |
77.09.2316 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
ALLIED TROOPS ENTER SIENA
ITALY—Jeeps roll through the street in the town square of historic
Siena, one of the foremost art centers in Italy and the most perfectly
preserved of the medieval cities on the Italian peninsula. Town was
taken by French troops of the Fifth Army placing Allied forces only 25
miles from Florence. Note that the square is devoid of damage. Proof
the the rapidity with which the Nazis are fleeing before the might of
Allied forces in Italy. Bitter fighting is now raging in the rolling
hills above Siena.
Credit: Acme photo by Charles Seawood, War Pool Correspondent |
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7-9-44 |
77.09.2317 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
FRENCH CLEAR ROAD FOR ALLIED ADVANCE—#1
ITALY—When French troops of the Allied Fifth Army entered and captured
Siena in Italy, they found this German road block in the middle of the
town obstructing their rapid advance after the fleeing Nazis.
Demolition squads got to work on the road block and blasted a path for
the rolling, triumphant Allied forces. Here French demolition workers
prepare the road block for blasting.
Credit: Acme photo by Charles Seawood, War Pool Correspondent |
