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8-17-44 |
77.09.4383a |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
“Soup’s On” in St. Malo
France – Americans gather in an empty store in the Breton town of St.
Malo for chow. In the background, German prisoners are seated on the
curb. In left foreground and just to left of center are two Spanish
Loyalists (former leaders) now fighting with the Yanks.
Credit: Army Radiotelephoto from ACME |
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8-17-44 |
77.09.4384a |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
New Nazi’s “Standard”
France – While one of their number holds the white flag of surrender
aloft, Germans rush out to give themselves up to American troops at a
street corner in a little town east of Toulon. Note how two of the
Nazis hide themselves behind the flag bearer – as though they expected
to feel lead from Yank guns at any moment. (Passed by Censors)
Credit: ACME photo by Sherman Montrose for War Picture Pool |
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8-18-44 |
77.09.745 |
New York Bureau
Mine Sweepers
FALAISE, FRANCE -- Canadian sappers search for mines along the grass
borders lining the streets of Falaise as they enter the town taken in
the drive toward Paris.
Credit (Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from ACME) |
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8-18-44 |
77.09.809 |
New York Bureau
Falaise—City of Destruction
France—Heaps of broken masonry line the shell-torn streets of Falaise,
France, taken by Canadian troops after hard and bitter fighting.
Houses are gutted and the city is but a ghost town after Nazi
demolition squads finished their destructive tasks.
Credit: Army radiotelephoto from ACME |
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8-18-44 |
77.09.2132
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New York Bureau
Partisans Learn Plane Mechanics
ITALY – In Liberated Italy a specially selected group of Marshal
Tito’s Yogoslav Partisan Army is being trained along with RAF ground
crews in the intricacies of modern airplane mechanics. All the men
have been chosen for particular abilities. Their teachers are RAF non-coms.
Photo shows Partisans and men of the Royal Air Force hard at work on a
trio of Spitfires.
Credit (British Official Photo from Acme) |
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8-18-44 |
77.09.4157a |
RADIO TELEPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
EVACUATE NAZI PRISONERS FROM S. FRANCE
FRANCE – Wading waist deep in water, long lines of Nazi prisoners are
herded onto landing craft for the trip to Allied prison compounds.
They are part of the 7,000 Nazis captured in the first few days of the
invasion of Southern France.
Credit: Army radio telephoto from Acme |
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8-18-44 |
77.09.4410a |
New York Bureau
Hunting Party Searches Nazis
France – Waving captured German guns enthusiastically, these fighting
Frenchmen and women of the town of Rostrenen ride off to round up
stray Nazis in the vicinity after the Yanks had wiped out most of the
resistance.
Credit: Army photo from ACME |
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8-18-44 |
77.09.4450ab |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Yank Casualties Leave Southern France
France – Litter crews carry American casualties down the coast of
Southern France to the waiting Hospital Ships that will evacuate them.
These wounded were among the first troops to hit the beach during the
initial assault.
Credit: Army Radiotelephoto from ACME |
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8-18-44 |
77.09.4452ab |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Grapes In Southern France Not Sour
France – Four American soldiers relax after storming the beaches of
Southern France and dig into some of the famed French grapes found
along the Riviera. Eating with relish are (left to right): Pvt. Donal
Cheperka, Elgin, Ill.; Sgt. Antonio Oppio, Reno, Nev.; Cpl. William T.
Pribble, Nocona, Tex.; and Cpl. John Uecker, Marshall, Minn. Cpl.
Uecker studies a map while enjoying the fruit.
Credit: Army Radiotelephoto from ACME |
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8-18-44 |
77.09.4458a |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Nazi Ammo Dump Hits the Sky
France – A German ammunition dump, north of Falaise, France, blows sky
high after a direct hit during a daylight attack by RAF bombers.
Credit: British Ministry of Information photo via Army Radiotelephoto
from ACME |
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8-18-44 |
77.09.4503a |
New York Bureau
Shot to Pieces
The wreckage of the tail section of this A-20 Havoc light bomber of
the 9th U.S. Air Force hurtles through the air after the
plane was hit by enemy flak somewhere over France. The bomber’s rudder
is in an inverted position between the fuselage and the engine at
right. The plane plunged to earth just after this photo was made.
Credit: USAAF photo from Acme |
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8-19-44 |
77.09.786.a |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Welcome Home, Son
Alencon, France—With her arms outstretched eagerly, a happy mother
welcomes her soldier son back to France after the town of Alencon had
been freed by advancing American forces. The soldier has returned to
his homeland after years of exile while it was under German rule.
Credit: Signal Corps radiotelephoto by ACME |
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8-19-44 |
77.09.1476 |
New York Bureau
German Women Train for Anti-Aircraft Duty
In this photo, radioed to New York today (August 19) from Stockholm,
German women work side-by-side with the men in training for work in
ack-ack units. According to the German caption, these women will
replace the men who will be released, under Germany’s total
mobilization program, to fight at the front.
Credit (ACME Radiophoto) |
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8-19-44 |
77.09.1994 |
New York Bureau
Polishing Up for Invasion of “Fashion Center”
ITALY – All set for style-conscious France is Pfc. James P. Royle,
Boston, Mass., getting a last minute shoeshine before shoving off from
an Italian port for the invasion of Southern France.
Credit (Signal Corps Photo from ACME) |
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8-19-44 |
77.09.2178.a |
New York Bureau
Bridge Florence Canal in Record Time
ITALY – Working with terrific speed, men of the Royal Engineers
astounded the people of Florence by replacing the destroyed Ponte San
Trinita with a Bailey Bridge in record time. Bridge was built on the
piers of the wrecked span. Except for a few entrenched Nazi snipers,
the ancient city is now completely in Allied hands. Photo by British
Army Film Unit.
Credit (OWI Radiophoto from Acme) |
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8-19-44 |
77.09.3125 |
New York Bureau
Cart Wounded from Burma Front
BURMA – On ox-drawn carts, wounded men arrive at the airport at
Myitkyina, Burma, where they await transportation by hospital plane.
Men were brought from the front five and one-half miles away over
terrain as sodden as this air strip.
Credit: U.S. Army photo from ACME |
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8-19-44 |
77.09.4457a |
New York Bureau
-- Left Their Tails Behind Them
Southern France – Parachutes dot the flat terrain of southern France
after the early morning landings on August 15, when Allies staged a
surprise airborne invasion. Soldiers quickly abandoned their ‘chutes
and set out to mop up enemy resistance.
Credit: ACME photo by Charles Seawood, War Pool Correspondent |
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8-19-44 |
77.09.4607a |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Inspect Yank Equipment in England
England – Labor leaders, accompanied by Army officers, tour England to
inspect American equipment, and see the use to which it is being put
by the A.E.F. In the picture are Lt. Col. Dillman A. Rash, Sherman N.
Dalrymple, Col. B.H. Connors, R.J. Thomas, Albert L. Wegener, Eric
Peterson, Lt. Col. John B. Watkins, David J. McDonald, and Lt. Col. De
Lessers S. Morrison.
Credit: Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from ACME |
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8-20-44 |
77.09.1093 |
RADIOTELEPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
AIR HOLES IN AIRFIELD
BELGIUM – Bomb craters slash across the runways and the surrounding
parking areas are splattered with the pits after an attack on Le Culot
Airfield by RAF bombers on August 15. Renewed Allied air offensive is
greatly responsible for keeping the Luftwaffe almost grounded. This is
a British official Air Ministry photo.
Credit: U.S. Army Radiotelephoto from ACME |
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8-20-44 |
77.09.4060a |
New York Bureau
Almost a Rarity
Southern France -- A Sherman tank, which has been knocked out by a
German 88, burns in a field near a town in Southern France. A U.S.
soldier seeks cover beside the smoking hulk.
Credit: US Army photo from ACME |
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8-20-44 |
77.09.4061a |
New York Bureau
Enroute to Pincer the Germans
Flers, France -- Townspeople in the bomb-wrecked, shell-ridden town of
Flers line the streets to cheer British soldiers who move on in their
“General Sherman” tanks to close the gap at Falaise and trap the
German forces fleeing toward Paris. This is a British War Office
photo.
Credit: US Army photo from ACME |
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8-21-44 |
77.09.774 |
New York Bureau
Step-by-Step Advance
Dinard, France—Hugging the wall of the casino building in Dinard,
American infantrymen crouch as they advance. Making their slow way up
the street, the Yanks are wary of German sniper fire.
Credit: Signal Corps photo from ACME |
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8-21-44 |
77.09.3113 |
New York Bureau
Up for Trial
China – Suspected of being a Japanese spy, this peasant is untrussed
by a Chinese warrior at Division Headquarters on the Salween River
front. Although he will be given a fair trial, the suspect will
receive little sympathy from the Chinese if he is proven guilty. Jap
spies are quickly disposed of by Chinese forces fighting to reopen the
Burma road.
Credit: Signal Corps photo from ACME |
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8-22-44 |
77.09.231 |
New York Bureau
Yank Return from Raid
ENGLAND -- American airmen walk from their Fortress bomber on
returning to their base in Britain after raiding strategic targets in
Alsace Lorraine. They are (left to right): T/Sgt. Harry Soderburg,
Lueders, Tex.; T/Sgt. Fernand Savasuk, Winslow, Me.; 1st Lt. Richard
Davies, Congers, N.Y.; S/Sgt. Bernice Stanton, Cookville, Tenn.; 2nd
Lt. Joseph Hughes (rear), Pittsburgh, Pa.; 2nd Lt. Harry Neumann,
Union City, N.J.; S/Sgt. Raymond Glasser, Little Sioux, Iowa; Sgt.
Mervin Wingard (rear), Kittaning, Pa.; and Sgt. Bill Baker of Chanute,
Kansas.
Credit: (ACME) |
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8-22-44 |
77.09.754 |
New York Bureau
Down With the Old Up With the Free
FRANCE -- Residents of Columbierre help an American soldier cover the
remnants of Nazi display propaganda with Allied posters. An elderly
French woman surveys the work with satisfaction.
Credit (OWI Photo from ACME) |
