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9-5-44 |
77.09.4256a |
New York Bureau
RIDING HIGH INTO THE DIEPPE
DIEPPE, FRANCE—This time the Canadian forces made their entry into
Dieppe “stick” and as they returned victoriously to the city from
which they had once been driven, they were able to see the west wall
from the “business” side. This picture was taken from a rooftop facing
the sea.
Credit (Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from ACME) |
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9-6-44 |
77.09.51 |
New York Bureau
WACS Operate Radiotelephoto Machine
England – Pfc. Vondel Judkins, San Salva, Texas, and Cpl. Anita Katen,
New York City, operate a Signal Corps Radio-telephoto Transmitter
station somewhere in England, sending news pictures rapidly to the
States from the European theater.
Editors – Please note that the Radio-Telephoto machine was constructed
by the technical staff of ACME Telephoto
Credit (Signal Corps Photo from ACME) |
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9-6-44 |
77.09.773 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Crowds in Lyon Dodge Nazi Bullets
France—An Allied soldier urges panic-stricken crowd to hug the ground
as 7th Army soldiers and members of the marquis battle
armed Nazi sympathizers barricaded in the tower of the Lyon General
Hospital after the city fell. This scene is on the bridge crossing the
Rhome River.
Credit: ACME photo via army radiotelephoto |
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9-6-44 |
77.09.1681 |
New York Bureau
Liberation of Belgium at Hand
BELGIUM—Pvt. Gordon Conrey (left), of Milford, Vt., sits on the
French-Belgium border marker and chats with two residents of Seloignes
in Belgium. Swift advance across the border by Allied troops marks the
beginning of the end for the Nazis in Belgium and the low countries.
Credit: ACME. |
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9-6-44 |
77.09.1874 |
RADIOTELEPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
GENERAL CLARK VISITS PISA
ITALY—Undamaged by the Fifth Army in its successful fight for the city
of Pisa, Italy, the famous Leaning Tower is visited by Maj. Gen.
Willis D. Crittenberger (left), of the Fifth Army, and Lt. Gen. Mark
W. Clark, Fifth Army’s Commanding General.
Credit: Acme photo via Army radiotelephoto |
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9-6-44 |
77.09.1875 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
COSSACKS IN ROMANIA
ROMANIA—Residents of a tiny Romanian village, their heads covered with
shawls, line a roadway to greet Don Cossack Guardsmen as they pass by.
One gallant horseman (at lower right) raises his cap to the ladies.
Credit: Acme |
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9-6-44 |
77.09.2144 |
New York Bureau
Yanks in Belgium Get Eggs – Whole
BELGIUM – Happy villagers of Forge Philippe in Belgium shower American
forces with gifts of eggs, chocolate and flowers after their swift
advance had carried them across the Belgian border from France. Nazis
retreat with ever-increasing speed before our relentlessly advancing
forces.
Credit – WP – (Acme) |
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9-6-44 |
77.09.4255a |
New York Bureau
SNIPER BATTLE IN LYON, FRANCE
FRANCE—Crouched behind a wall along the Rhone River, Allied soldiers
shoot it out with die-hard German snipers and Nazi sympathizers firing
from a civilian hospital across the river. Battle began when snipers,
hidden in the building after the city fell, opened fire on American
engineers constructing a Bailey bridge to ford the waterway.
Credit (Army Radiotelephoto from ACME) |
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9-6-44 |
77.09.4308a |
Flags of Victory Fly in Marseille
France - After four century-long years under the Nazi heel and the
puppet government of Vichy, the flags of free countries and men once
more fly over the prefecture in Marseille after its liberation by
Allied Forces. In the center is the tricolor of France raised in glory
again. At far left is the stars and stripes of the United States and
at right is the red flag of Russia.
Credit: ACME photo by Sherman Montrose, War Pool Correspondent |
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9-6-44 |
77.09.4309a |
New York Bureau
War-Torn Marseille
France - Residents of the French city of Marseille walk down famous
Canebiere beneath a building that shows the signs of warfare and the
results of German artillery fire after the 14 day siege that led to
the city’s liberation. The charming blonde French girl in foreground,
however, wears what seem to be latest fashions and cuts a mean figure
in this war-torn street.
Credit: ACME photo by Sherman Montrose, War Pool Correspondent |
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9-7-44 |
77.09.1850 |
RADIOTELEPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
THIS IS THE WAY TO BERLIN, BOYS
BELGIUM—Hitting out in a powerful drive toward Berlin, a group of Yank
soldiers pause at the Belgian border to study a map and see if they
are on the right track. The sign says Belgian Customs.
Credit: Signal Corps radiotelephoto from Acme |
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9-7-44 |
77.09.4247a |
New York Bureau
DUCK SNIPER FIRE
FRANCE—Infantrymen run for cover as German sniper fire breaks out from
across the River Marne at Rachecourt. The camouflaged tank moves into
position to protect bridge the Nazis tried to destroy.
Credit (Army Radiotelephoto from ACME) |
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9-7-44 |
77.09.4462a |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Mute Reminders of Another War
Argonne, France – As Americans fought on battlefields which still bore
marks of another war, Sgt. Fred Owens, Los Angeles, Calif., examines a
battered old French helmet from World War I which he found beside a
pile of rotting sandbags in the Argonne Forest.
Credit: Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from ACME |
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9-8-44 |
77.09.257 |
New York Bureau
Superfortress Carries Five Gun Turrets
For the first time, the gun positions on the Boeing Superfortress are
revealed. Five turrets, each with two .50 caliber guns, are placed at
strategic positions on the bomber. Here the forward lower turret can
be seen, with the two guns, on the under side of the fuselage beneath
the pilot's cabin. The bomb bay doors are open. In addition to these
guns, the tail turret also mounts a 20mm cannon. All turrets are
remotely controlled which makes possible the operation of all guns by
gunners in different parts of the bomber.
Credit (ACME) |
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9-8-44 |
77.09.2490 |
New York Bureau
BELGIAN “WHITE BRIGADE” ON MARCH
BELGIUM—Riding in captured German vehicles, members of the “White
Brigade,” Belgian resistance movement, are shown in the city of
Antwerp as they headed for other towns to clear out the German snipers
and stragglers.
Credit-WP-(ACME Photo via Army Radiotelephoto) |
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09-08-44 |
77.09.2871 |
New York Bureau
Yawata Blasted by B-29’s Again
Japan – Yawata, the “Pittsburgh of Japan,” burns and smokes under the
third attack by B-29 superfortresses during their mission of August
20. This was the first daylight bombing attack of the Jap mainland
since Gen. Doolittle’s historic flight. Note one of the huge planes
in upper left
Credit (USAAF photo from ACME) |
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9-8-44 |
77.09.3686a |
New York Bureau
Yanks Hunt Eggs (CQ) in France
France—Holding a lettered board written in French and meaning “have
you any eggs?” two Yanks ride in a Jeep and hope for a positive answer
from French girls in the city of Rumegies, France. Driver and sign
holder is Pvt. Maury Sanders of Corinth, Miss. The other Yank, Pvt.
Albert Frank, Burlington, VA., looks on.
Credit: Army radiotelephoto from ACME. |
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9-8-44 |
77.09.3687a |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Robomb Misses Target-Misses City
France—Almost intact, this flying bomb intended for England missed
fire and traveled only a short distance from its launching site to the
French city of Foucarmont where it was discovered by Allied forces.
Credit: Army radiotelephoto from ACME. |
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9-8-44 |
77.09.3688a |
New York Bureau
Robomb Misses Target by Long Sight
France—A flying bomb intended for England missed fire and traveled
only a short distance from its launching site to land in a field in
France. Somewhere in the Pas de Calais area, “Raymond” (left), of the
French Resistance Movement, and Sgt. H.A. Barnet, Montreal, Canada,
examine the V-I weapon which is almost intact.
Credit: ACME. |
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9-8-44 |
77.09.3689a |
New York Bureau
A Liberator on its Last Mission
Flames roar from the fuselage of a mortally wounded Liberator from
Austria. Seconds later the big ship plummeted to earth. Photographer
said the pilot was still in the cockpit, gunner in the tail.
Credit: USAAF photo from ACME. |
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9-8-44 |
77.09.3803 |
New York Bureau
Jet Units and Navy Planes in Take-Offs
The Navy announced today that it has developed for immediate use jet
propulsion units to assist carrier planes and flying boats to take off
with heavier loads, in shorter spaces and at greater speed. The jet
units, known as Jato in the Navy, resemble bombs except that they are
affixed to the fuselace of a plane rather than under the wings or
enclosed in the bays. They contain solid propellent, which includes
oxygen, and are ignited by electronically-controlled spark plugs.
Escaping steam gives the plane its “thrust.” First carrier takeoff
using jet units involved in the same Grumman Wildcat as that used by
Capt. Gore in original tests on March 1-4, 1943. This time Commander
Leroy G. Simpler, USN, of Lowes, Del., was at the controls as the
jet-assisted plane roared into the air on March 18, 1943—with an
amazing saving of takeoff space.
Credit: U.S. Navy Photo from ACME. |
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9-8-44 |
77.09.3804 |
New York Bureau
Sightless Marines Play Baseball With Blind
New York—Pfc. John G. Corrie, who lost his sight landing with the
first parachute battalion of Marines behind the Jap lines at
Bougainville, hits the ball in game yesterday at the New York
Institute for the Education of the Blind, 999 Pelham Parkway, the
Bronx. Another blind student prepares to catch the ball in case Corrie
misses. Standing by is Henry R. Linville, pharmacist’s mate 3/o, who
is in charge of the six Marines at the school.
Credit: ACME. |
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9-8-44 |
77.09.3995.a-b |
New York Bureau
Superfortress Carries Five Gun Turrets
For the first time the gun positions on the Boeing Superfortress are
shown. Five turrets, each with two .50 caliber guns, are placed at
strategic positions on the bomber: upper-forward turret, lower-forward
turret, upper-rear turret, lower-rear turret, and the tail-mount,
which is also armed with a 20-mm. cannon. The fire-control system
makes possible the operation of all guns by gunners in different parts
of the bomber, with an electrical control that makes for instantaneous
and heavy concentration of fire on any target.
Credit: ACME |
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9-8-44 |
77.09.4269.a-b |
New York Bureau
NAZIS AND GIRL FRIENDS PRISONERS
FRANCE—Taken prisoner by the small American force which captured the
French city of Mons, Nazis and the women found with them are herded
into a prison compound.
Credit (Army Radiotelephoto from ACME) |
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9-8-44 |
77.09.4460a |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Red Rover, Red Rover, Nazis Come Over
France – While American troops with guns at the ready keep guard, a
Nazi Captain (center), taken prisoner by the small Yank force which
captured the French city of Mons, calls through the doorway of a house
telling his men in hiding there to surrender.
Credit: Army Radiotelephoto from ACME |
