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8-30-44 |
77.09.751 |
New York Bureau
Bullets -- Unwelcome Guest at Celebration
FRANCE -- Part of the huge crowd gathered to pay tribute to Gen.
Charles De Gaulle as he entered liberated Paris, crouch for cover as
enemy sniper fire breaks up the celebration. Note the gun flash from
the top floor, center, of the building at left and the smoke from
gunfire still lingering in the air.
Credit -WP-(ACME Photo by Andrew Lopez, War Pool Correspondent)
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8-30-44 |
77.09.776 |
New York Bureau
France Regains Its Chamber of Deputies
France—Some of the 400 Germans who barricaded themselves in the
Chamber of Deputies in Paris and fought off liberating troops are
lined up in the courtyard after surrending to French partisan forces.
Credit: ACME |
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8-30-44 |
77.09.777 |
New York Bureau
Across the Bridge Paris Burns
France—An Allied soldier stands on one of the many bridges across the
Seine in Paris to watch fires burning on the outskirts of the French
capital during the spasmodic fighting that took place before the city
was completely liberated.
Credit: ACME photo by Bert Brandt, War Pool correspondent |
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8-30-44 |
77.09.792 |
New York Bureau
France Regains Its Chamber of Deputies
France—With a Nazi garrison barricaded behind him, a German officer
hangs onto rail of the Chamber of Deputies in Paris while negotiating
for surrender to the French partisans. He holds the white flag of
truce while a French soldier in the foreground has the Tricolor ready
to hoist as a signal of victory when surrender is complete.
Credit: ACME |
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8-30-44 |
77.09.1044.a |
RECEIVE NATION’S HIGHEST AWARD FROM FDR
Washington, DC – On the White House lawn is this quartet of war heroes
after each had been presented with the Medal of Honor, the Nation’s
highest award for gallantry, by President Roosevelt. They are (left
to right) Pfc. William J. Johnston, Colchester, Conn., machine gunner
who held off two German counterattacks and stuck to his gun although
his comrades thought him mortally wounded; S/Sgt. Jessie R. Drowley,
Luzerne, Mich., who was cited for heroism on Bougainville; T/Sgt.
Forrest L. Vosler, Livonia, N.Y., who received an eye injury and other
wounds on a Bremen raid and asked to be tossed from the plane to
lighten its load; and 1st Lt. Arnold L Bjorklund, Seattle,
Wash., who used three hand grenades to destroy two machine guns, a
heavy mortar, and to kill seven Germans.
NY#12 DJH LON 70 CEP LV SEA CAN. Credit Line (ACME) |
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8-30-44 |
77.09.1315 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
NAZIS SURRENDER CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES IN PARIS
FRANCE—Two Nazi officers who were part of the 400 Germans who
barricaded themselves in the Chamber of Deputies in Paris and fought
off liberating troops, wait to be driven away after their surrender to
French partisan forces. The flag of truce is in the back of the car.
Credit: Acme |
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8-30-44 |
77.09.3768 |
Caption illegible |
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8-30-44 |
77.09.4382a |
New York Bureau
ACME Photog Gets Hugs And Kisses
France – Wildly enthusiastic French girls greet ACME Newspictures
Photographer Bert Brandt with hugs and kisses as he entered Paris with
the first group of liberating forces. Brandt’s pictures of the freeing
of the French capital, along with other ACME photographers’ photos,
were the first to reach the United States.
Credit: ACME photo by Bert Brandt, War Pool Correspondent |
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8-30-44 |
77.09.4548a |
New York Bureau
France Regains Its Chamber of Deputies
France – American and French troops deploy cautiously, taking what
cover they can find behind armored vehicles, to attack a German
garrison of some 400 men barricaded in the famous Chamber of Deputies
in Paris. The Chamber is at the foot of this street.
Credit: ACME |
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8-30-44 |
77.09.4602a |
New York Bureau
Work on Fired B-17
England – An Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon works hard to put
out a fire on a B-17 Flying Fortress at a base in England. Fortresses
carry a heavy load of gasoline and often have a full bomb load when
fire breaks out.
Credit: USAAF photo from ACME |
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8-30-44 |
77.09.4613ab |
New York Bureau
NEA Correspondent Does Himself Proud
France – Tom Wolf, NEA war correspondent, sits with his arm around a
very beautiful French lassie whose heart he probably captured by
offering her a lift in his jeep as liberating forces entered Paris.
The blonde-haired beauty has her arm in a sling.
Credit: ACME Photo by Bert Brandt, War Pool Correspondent |
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8-31-44 |
77.09.166 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Cathedral An Enemy Target
FRANCE -- Smoke rises from a hit near the famous Cathedral of Notre
Dame De La Garde situated on a hill in Marseille and the target for
German fire after the city was captured by French forces.
Credit (Army Radiotelephoto From ACME) |
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8-31-44 |
77.09.1398 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
VIVE THE STARS AND STRIPES
PARIS—Wild with joy over the liberation of Paris, and singing the
praises of their American allies, these celebrating Parisians let the
Stars and Stripes go to their heads. Wearing the gay paper hats, they
cheer and wave as the forces of liberation march past on parade.
Credit: Acme photo by Bert Brandt for the War Picture Pool |
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8-31-44 |
77.09.4204a |
RADIO TELEPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
CELEBRATE LIBERATION OF TOULON
FRANCE – Highlight of the French military parade commemorating the
liberation of Toulon came when General De Latre De Tassigny and his
staff paid tribute to the soldiers of World War I at Toulon’s memorial
monument in Marechal Foch Square.
Credit: Army radio telephoto from Acme |
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8-31-44 |
77.09.4310a |
New York Bureau
Open Way For Allied Advance
France - Blocked by an anti-tank wall, the Allied advance in Southern
France was halted - but just fleetingly. Engineers of a demolition
squad set to work with teller mines and blasted open a clear path for
relentlessly advancing forces. The flash of explosion is seen as the
mines go off. St. Raphael is in the background.
Credit: Signal Corps photo from ACME |
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9-1-44 |
77.09.772 |
New York Bureau
Fashionable Frou-Frou
Paris—This fashionable young Parisienne turned out in the full glory
of a new chapeau to welcome the liberators to her city. The chic bit
of feminine frou-frou, created on an adaptation of the English
“beefeater” hat frame, it is made of rows and rows of datingy lace,
decorated with a ribbon bow and veiling. One thing foretold the
hardships which gay Paris has undergone—the young lady arrived via
bicycle instead of car.
Credit: Official US Army photo from ACME |
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9-1-44 |
77.09.1047 |
RADIOPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
THE M-29, ALL PURPOSE CARGO CARRIER
ABERDEEN, MD. – The “Weasel”, M-29 Light Cargo Carrier, sloughs
through the mud as it bypasses a stranded jeep on the proving grounds
at Aberdeen, MD. The M-29, which is used on amphibious and swamp
operations, has a full tack and rudders, and is capable of amazingly
high speeds on the ground.
Credit: OWI Radiophoto from ACME |
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9-1-44 |
77.09.3124 |
New York Bureau
A Fighting Family with the U.S. Army
AITAPE, NEW GUINEA – The Vanskike family, father and three sons,
enlisted in the army at the same time back in 1942 at Galveston,
Texas. Since that time they have been together through basic training
and are now all with the 32nd Division headquarters
carpenter shop on Aitape in New Guinea. The father, whose nickname is
“Pop,” served in the last war as a sergeant in the field artillery for
26 months. Here they are, left to right: Pvt. Archie, Pvt. Lewis, Pvt.
Clarence, and S/Sgt. “Pop,” hauling lumber for new quarters.
Credit: ACME photo by Tom Shafer, War Pool Correspondent |
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9-1-44 |
77.09.4017.a-b |
For release: Monday, September 4, 1944
Weapons Tested at Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Aberdeen, Maryland -- In a test demonstration at Aberdeen Proving
Ground, a 240mm Howitzer (right) and an 8-inch gun fire away amid a
dense cloud of smoke from their shells. The test, held on August 29,
1944, demonstrated new weapons that have been developed at the Proving
Ground for use by our Armed Forces.
Credit: ACME |
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9-1-44 |
77.09.4188a |
NEW YORK BUREAU
FUNERAL FOR FRENCH PATRIOTS
FRANCE – An American armored vehicle leads the funeral procession for
twenty-seven French Maquis who were executed en masse by the Germans
in St. Pol De Leon. The victims’ eagerness to free their beloved
homeland led them to attack the German garrison prematurely, and thus
meet their death.
Credit: Signal Corps radio telephoto from Acme) |
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9-1-44 |
77.09.4250a |
YANKS VIEW FRENCH ART
FRANCE—While a guard stands by, three American soldiers gaze with awe
at the wall-size paining of the celebrations for the first president
of the Republic of France in 1889 as they tour the Chateau de
Versailles, Very similar to this painting were the scenes in Paris
streets as the American forces entered the city to complete its
liberation. |
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9-1-44 |
77.09.4251ab |
New York Bureau
NO TRIUMPH FOR THESE SNIPERS
PARIS—In the upper photo smoke clouds the top of the Arc de Triomphe
in Paris, as German snipers opened fire on crowds assembled below for
the parade of liberation. American soldiers (lower photo) below the
Arch took shelter behind their vehicles, opened fire on the snipers
until all were liquidated.
Credit (ACME) (WP) |
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9-2-44 |
77.09.1730.a |
RADIOTELEPHONE
NEW YORK BUREAU
YANKS RETURNED FROM ROMANIA
ITALY—General Nathan F. Twining, Commanding General of the 15 Air
Force, addresses a group of men who had just landed in Italy after
being flown from Romania where they were interned as prisoners of war.
The Yanks, all fliers, had been shot down during raids on the Ploesti
oil fields.
Credit: Army Radiotelephoto from Acme |
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9-2-44 |
77.09.1999 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Germans Aim to Suppress Warsaw Revolt
The German regimental commander advances through a street in war-torn
Warsaw with his men as they head toward the center of the street
fighting to stop the revolt of Polish patriots. Dispatches from Warsaw
state that the German Army threatens to burn the entire city in an
effort to stop the uprising.
Credit (ACME Radiophoto) |
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9-2-44 |
77.09.2000 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Bucharest Welcomes Red Forces
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – As the Red Army enters the Romanian capital of
Bucharest, people crowd the streets and reach out eager hands to grasp
those of their liberators. Russian forces, fresh from the capture of
Bucharest, are driving on the Bulgarian border on the Danube, and have
captured Giurgiu, headquarters of commerce between Romania and
Bulgaria.
Credit (ACME Radiophoto) |
