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8-14-44 |
77.09.2127 |
New York Bureau
Jap-Americans Fight in Italy
ITALY – Proving their loyalty on the battle front are these two
Jap-Americans fighting in Italy. Combing for snipers, Pvt. Veikichi
Arakaki, from Koloa Kauai, T.H. (Hawaii), and a buddy at left, fire
rifle grenades into the hills. Bursts can be seen on the hillside.
Credit (Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from Acme) |
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8-14-44 |
77.09.4401a |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Another Nazi Communication Line Destroyed
Vire, France – Rolling stock and tracks in the Vire Railyard lie in
shattered ruins after Allied Bombings which preceded the occupation of
the city on August 7.
Credit: British Official Photo via Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from
ACME |
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8-14-44 |
77.09.4405a |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Lesson In Caution
France – With cautious step, Sgt. Andrew Harding, Bridgeport Conn.,
approaches a burning Nazi armored car. The vehicle had been knocked
out on the road to La Mont by an American three-inch shell.
Credit: Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from ACME |
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8-15-44 |
77.09.246 |
Washington Bureau-ACME Newspictures
Free French on Way to Free France
Free French troops with their armored vehicles shown at a transient
area somewhere in the European Theater of Operations just before
hopping to the Continent in support of the Allied attack to free
France from the Nazis.
Credit: (Signal Corps Photo from ACME) |
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8-15-44 |
77.09.775 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Nazi Prisoners Ride Yank Trucks
France—As residents stand at the side of the road, some of the 800
Nazis captured in Chateauneuf sur Sartre are driven by American
soldiers on trucks to prison compounds.
Credit: Army radiotelephoto from ACME |
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8-15-44 |
77.09.2055 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Headed for Southern France
Flashed to the U.S. today by Radiotelephoto as the invasion of
Southern France was announced this photo shows approximately 75 ships
assembled at a port in Southern Italy, ready to leave for the new
invasion.
Credit Line (Army Radiotelephoto from ACME) |
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8-15-44 |
77.09.2141 |
New York Bureau
On Their Way to France
ITALY – Walking up the gang-plank as his comrades wait their turn on
the dock below, a ground crew member of the Royal Air Force boards a
vessel at an Italian port headed for the new invasion front in
southern France.
Credit (OWI Radiophoto from Acme) |
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8-15-44 |
77.09.3960a-b |
New York Bureau
Invasion Practice for Yanks
U.S. Infantrymen lie flat on their faces in the sand, as their
Bangalore torpedoes explode, shredding “enemy” barbed wire barriers
along this “invasion” beach. This scene was, and is being reenacted
along the shore of Southern France, as Allied forces pour ashore to
establish the fourth front.
Credit: Army radiotelephoto from ACME. |
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8-15-44 |
77.09.4198a |
NEW YORK BUREAU
POLISH TROOPS JOIN ALLIES IN FRANCE
FRANCE – This photo, the first of its kind, shows Polish troops in
action with the British and Canadian soldiers on the Normandy front.
Sgt. McVay (2nd from left), shares a joke with Polish
comrades before setting off to join the attack South of Caen.
Credit: British War office photo via army radio telephoto from Acme |
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8-15-44 |
77.09.4199a |
TO KEEP ‘EM ROLLING
FRANCE – British Royal Engineers, using stone from damaged buildings
and flint limestone from the stock of a former German factory near
Colombelles, repair a stretch of road near that city.
Credit: British official photo from Acme |
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8-15-44 |
77.09.4249a |
FLYING BOMB SITE BLASTED
FRANCE—A reconnaissance photo of a German Robot flying bomb site in
the Pas de Calais area which has been attacked by Allied aircraft.
Letter A, shows the launching platform surrounded by bomb craters.
B,C,D, and E are flying bombs which have crashed on launching.
Credit Line (British Official Photo from ACME) |
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8-15-44 |
77.09.4404a |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
To Leap Into France
Hard and rugged Paratroopers listen intently to the Jumpmaster
(standing) as he gives last minute instructions while their C-47, part
of the Troop Carrier Air Division of the 12th Air Force,
heads toward the dropping zone in southern France.
Credit: Army Radiotelephoto from ACME |
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8-15-44 |
77.09.4406a |
New York Bureau
A Frenchman Returns To His Wife
Coutinville, France – Lt. Nonet-Raisin, of the 2nd French
Armored Division, which once more is fighting in its homeland, happily
embraces his wife at the door of their home, from which he fled in
1943 to join the Free French.
Credit: U.S. Signal Corps photo from ACME |
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8-15-44 |
77.09.4407a |
Washington Bureau
(Passed by Censor)
Invading Southern France – First Photo
Parachutes, left behind by Paratroopers who stuck out for their
objectives in enemy territory after landing, are seen in this aerial
view dotting the ground for miles around in southern France.
Credit: ACME photo by Charles Seawood for the War Picture Pool via
Army Radiotelephoto |
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8-15-44 |
77.09.4408a |
New York Bureau
Nazi Reaches End of Journey
France – Face down in the dust of a road, a German soldier lies dead
beside his Volkswagon in Barenton, France. Marks of blood line his
face. American troops took the town in latest drive through France.
Credit: Signal Corps photo from ACME |
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8-16-44 |
77.09.218 |
New York Bureau
Trap Closes on Nazis
FRANCE -- A German tank, overturned in a deep bomb crater, burns
fiercely along the road to Falaise, where Allied forces are closing a
trap on the German 7th Army, which has already been torn to ribbons.
At right (photo above) a medical orderly looks over a Canadian soldier
who has fallen but is uninjured.
Credit: (ACME) (WP) |
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8-16-44 |
77.09.1634 |
New York Bureau
Expanding New Beachhead
Moving cautiously and watching every house for enemy snipers, American
Infantrymen advance through a street in a town east of Toulon. In the
background, can be seen the beach, one of the many points Allied
invasion forces hit along the coast of Southern France. Note German
rifle and helmet (right, foreground).
Credit: ACME PHOTO BY SHERMAN MONTROSE FOR WAR PICTURE POOL VIA ARMY
RADIOTELEPHOTO. |
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8-16-44 |
77.09.2378 |
RADIOTELEPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
FIRST AID FOR FRIEND AND FOE
U.S. Infantrymen and German prisoners receive medical treatment from
American corpsmen at a beach dressing station in Southern France,
while (background), Yank troops file by on their way to consolidate
the new beachhead.
Credit: Acme photo by Sherman Montrose for War Picture Pool via Army
radiotelephoto |
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8-16-44 |
77.09.3744.a |
New York Bureau
Defenses That Failed
France—The German caption describes this photo as “men working on
partially completed Nazi defenses along the French Mediterranean
coast” where Allied forces staged their surprise landings on August 15th,
meeting no united resistance. Photo was radioed toNew York from Sweden
today.
Credit: ACME radiophoto. |
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8-16-44 |
77.09.4545a |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
First Prisoners in New Invasion
France – As Allied troops come ashore from the LCIs in background, a
group of Germans—first prisoners taken in the invasion of Southern
France—march along the beach under guard.
Credit: Army Radiotelephoto from ACME |
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8-16-44 |
77.09.4546a |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Nazis Killed in New Invasion
France – U.S. soldiers (right) solemnly view the bodies of German
soldiers killed in this Allied landing east of Toulon, in Southern
France. Having secured their beachhead, Allies are driving inland
proceeding according to plan.
Credit: Army Radiotelephoto from ACME |
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8-17-44 |
77.09.787 |
New York Bureau
Wine « Bucket Brigade »
France—Grateful natives of this town in Normandy bring wine in buckets
to refresh Yank liberators passing through the streets.
Credit: Army radiotelephoto from ACME |
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8-17-44 |
77.09.1989 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Yanks Skirt Aachen
GERMANY – Moving across the border from Belgium, Yanks advance up a
road leading to Aachen Staat forest in Germany. American forces have
entered the town proper and the Germans are engaging in a desperate
house-to-house fight against overwhelming odds.
Credit (Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from ACME) |
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8-17-44 |
77.09.3095 |
New York Bureau
Yank Gunners Down Jap Plane
A U.S. Navy photographer, using a camera with a 40-inch lens, filmed
the destruction of a Jap plane over Guam, last June 19. At the top,
the Nip roars along over an American aircraft carrier. In the center
photo, sharp-eyed Yank gunners on the carrier register a hit on the
enemy, and (below) the Jap plane explodes in flame. The plane was
7.000 feet above the carrier.
Credit: U.S. Navy photo from ACME |
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8-17-44 |
77.09.4158a |
RADIO PHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
THE MEN BEHIND THE BOMBS
FRANCE – In this photo, radioed from Stockholm today (August 17), two
Nazi soldiers, one with his finger on the button, are operating the
switchboard which releases the flying bombs somewhere in France.
According to the German caption, the bombs are being directed against
London.
Credit: Acme |
