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9-9-44 |
77.09.203 |
New York Bureau
To Help Free France
FRANCE -- Desolation marks the once beautiful Rhone River at Tarascon
in Southern France. Wrecked bridges, effectively bombed by the Allies
to hinder the German retreat, are a grim reminder of the destruction
that accompanies war. Pock marks in the islets between bridges show
where Allied bombs missed their target. At left is a castle-like
building one of many that dot the countryside in Southern France.
Photo by Charles Seawood, ACME Photographer for the War Picture Pool.
Credit - WP- (ACME) |
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9-9-44 |
77.09.855 |
New York Bureau
Nazi Gun Put to Use by Allies
France—A captured Nazi gun is wheeled about to face remnants of German
forces which had been holding out against French troops in Toulon. In
foreground is the body of a dead Nazi gunner.
Credit: U.S. Navy photo from ACME |
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9-9-44 |
77.09.1674 |
New York Bureau
German Dead in Belgium
BELGIUM—Face to the pavement, German soldiers lie dead on a street in
Gognes Chauvee, Belgium, after being blasted from their vehicles when
Allied Aircraft attacked a convoy speeding toward new positions in the
face of relentlessly advancing liberating forces. Photo by Andrew
Lopez, ACME photographer for the War Picture Pool.
Credit: ACME. |
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9-9-44 |
77.09.1677 |
New York Bureau
Battle Aftermath
LESSINES, BELGIUM—Proof that the German mechanized forces are not what
they used to be are these burning horse-drawn vehicles, which were
left behind by the Nazis after British troops drove them from the
Belgian town of Lessines.
Credit: ACME. |
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9-9-44 |
77.09.1678 |
New York Bureau
Rescuing Literary Treasures in Brussels
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM—Working feverishly in the water-spotted,
smoke-fogged court of the burning Palais de Justice, Brussels citizens
form a human chain to remove priceless documents which were in the
library there. This building was the only place the Germans willfully
destroyed before evacuating the city.
Credit: ACME. |
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9-9-44 |
77.09.2491 |
New York Bureau
BRITAIN REPORTS TO NEWS-STARVED PEOPLE
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM—The Place de la Bource in Brussels is alive with
people as a British loudspeaker broadcasts the latest news reports to
citizens of the town who have heard no news, save propaganda, since
the German occupation.
Credit (ACME) (WP) |
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9-9-44 |
77.09.3899 |
For release on Monday, September 11, 1944
New York Bureau
Flying Gun Nest
Inglewood, California – The nose of this new North American B-52
Medium Bomber bristles with eight .50 caliber machine guns, ready to
splatter death on all enemies who cross their path. Besides these, six
other guns are distributed in various parts of the plane, which make
the B-52 the world’s most heavily-armed plane.
Credit: ACME |
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9-9-44 |
77.09.4306a |
New York Bureau
History Repeats
France -- Almost 25 years to the day, the first copy of the Stars and
Stripes of World War II appears in Paris as did its predecessor, the
Stars and Stripes of World War I, service paper for the U.S. forces on
the continent. Sgt. Robert J. Collins, Quincy, Massachusetts, displays
the paper in the publication’s office as a group of helmeted American
soldiers, French officers, gendarmes and civilians looks on.
Credit: Signal Corp photo from ACME |
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9-10-44 |
77.09.76 |
New York Bureau
“Uncle!”
Maubeuge, France – Wounded in the fight for Maubeuge, on the
Franco-Belgian border, this superman threw up his hands and cried
“Uncle” in no uncertain terms. Looks like the little man has had a
rough day. Photo by Andy Lopez, ACME Photographer for the War Picture
Pool.
Credit: –WP – (ACME) |
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9-10-44 |
77.09.890 |
New York Bureau
Superfortress Armament Revealed
Seattle, Wash.—Touched out of previous photographs of the B-29
Superfortress, the plane’s gun turrets are now revealed. The numbers
identify the five turrets-(1) and (2) are the front upper and lower
turrets; (3) and (4), the rear upper and lower; and (5) is the tail
turret, which is equipped with a 20 mm cannon as well as the two .50
caliber machine guns which are found in all the turrets. All armament
is fired by remote control.
Credit: ACME |
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9-10-44 |
77.09.1321 |
RADIOTELEPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
HEAL THE “CONQUERING HERO”
FRANCE—Hardly looking the part of a “conquering hero”, this youthful
Nazi captive seems close to tears as a Yank examines his arm wound.
The American renders first aid while awaiting the arrival of a medic.
Credit: Signal corps radiotelephoto from Acme |
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9-10-44 |
77.09.1675 |
New York Bureau
After Battle Roundup
MONS, BELGIUM—A nail-biting Belgian woman and her neighbors watch
American Medical Corpsman dress the wounds of German soldiers on the
roadside near Mons. The Nazis and their now-dead companions were
caught in the open by Allied machine gunners. Photo by Andrew Lopez,
ACME photographer for the War Picture Pool.
Credit: ACME. |
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9-10-44 |
77.09.2167.a |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Round-up in Romania
ROMANIA—A horde of German prisoners, part of the thousands captured as
the Russian Balkan drive engulfed Romania, stand with mess kits in
hand waiting for chow at an unidentified locale in Romania.
Credit (Acme Radiophoto) |
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9-10-44 |
77.09.2168 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Ninety-Second Lets ‘Em Have It
ITALY – Fighting in the most distant position yet reached by Yank
troops in Italy, a combat patrol of the all-Negro 92nd
Division strikes at an enemy machine gun nest. An Italian partisan
(extreme left) crouches and holds his ears as a bazooka shell screams
toward the enemy position.
Credit (Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from Acme) |
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09-10-44 |
77.09.3170 |
Invasion Toll
Peleliu Island – The price of conquest is never cheap. These two
Leathernecks of First Marine division lie where they fell in beach of
Peleliu island in Palaus where they landed with first wave of assault
troops storming the strategic island carrier to the Philippines.
Photo radioed from Honolulu to San Francisco.
Credit line (ACME) |
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9-10-44 |
77.09.4305a |
New York Bureau
Nazis in a Hurry
Maubeuge, France -- Told to beat it on the double to the nearby
prisoner of war cage, these Nazi captives obediently run down a road
in liberated Maubeuge, on the Franco-Belgian border. All the fight
knocked out of them, the Germans took flight at the command of their
captors. Photo by Andy Lopez, photographer for the War Picture Pool.
Credit: ACME |
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9-10-44 |
77.09.4307a |
New York Bureau
Returning After Skirmish
Briancon, France -- With the snow-covered mountains of the Italian
Alps rising to meet the clouds in the background, a five-man American
patrol wends its way back to American lines after an encounter with
the Germans near Briancon, France, which is near the Italian border.
Credit: ACME |
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9-11-44 |
77.09.4304a |
New York Bureau
Yank Troops Move Up
Southern France -- Yankee ingenuity found a relatively simple solution
to the problem of getting to the other side when a destroyed bridge
threatened to hold our troops up in southern France. The boys merely
placed ladders across the river and climbed across. French civilians
line the sidewalk to watch the infantrymen advance.
Credit: Army photo from ACME |
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9-11-44 |
77.09.4498ab |
New York Bureau
MARAUDER COMES DOWN
TOULON, FRANCE—Target for a direct hit by an 88mm flak shell, this
B-26 Marauder is about to follow its sheared-off engine down to Toulon
Harbor. The flaming plane was lost in a U.S. 12th Air Force
attack on enemy coastal guns at Toulon.
Credit Line (U.S. A.A.F. Photo from ACME) |
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9-11-44 |
77.09.4603a |
New York Bureau
First Down
England – The first flying bomb brought down by a barrage balloon
landed in this area, tearing a huge crater in the ground. The
demolished barn in foreground is the only bit of destruction
accomplished by the vengeance weapon, which was heading for a crowded
urban area before it was intercepted by the balloon.
Credit: British Official Photo from ACME |
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9-12-44 |
77.09.146 |
New York Bureau
Advance in Face of Enemy Fire
Belgium – American soldiers dash across the steel plating of a bridge
spanning the Meuse River in Belgium near the town of Houx as enemy
shells burst around them. Nazi artillery fire falls wide of the
footbridge as Yanks race across to safety.
Credit (Signal Corps Photo from ACME) |
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9-12-44 |
77.09.1673 |
New York Bureau
Yanks Span the Meuse
BELGIUM—American engineers and advance elements work hard to complete
a bridge spanning the River Meuse in Namur, Belgium, in preparation
for the crossing of armored columns. Photo by Andrew Lopez, ACME
photographer for the War Picture Pool.
Credit: ACME. |
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9-12-44 |
77.09.1737 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
WOUNDED NAZI GETS A LIFT
BELGIUM—A wounded German prisoner is hoisted to an American armored
car by a group of GI’s. He will be taken to a field hospital for
treatment. Nazi was wounded during fighting in Belgium.
Credit: Signal Corps photo from Acme |
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9-12-44 |
77.09.3923.ab |
New York Bureau
Postwar Super-Liner
This is an artist’s conception of the Douglas DC-6, showing seating
arrangements for fifty passengers. Douglas signed contracts with three
major airlines – American, Pan American-Grace, and United – for
postwar production of these planes which are called “the fastest
transports available either in this country or abroad for the
immediate postwar period.” It is estimated that the ship will fly from
coast to coast in eight and one-half hours.
Credit: ACME |
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9-12-44 |
77.09.4302a |
New York Bureau
His Cargo--A Dead German
France -- Showing no emotion, Cpl. Charles S. Hoff, Cohoes, New York,
looks at a dead German hanging on the lip of a truck outside of Loriol,
France. Town was the site of Nazi debacle as American artillery and
Air Force destroyed an entire convoy.
Credit: Signal Corps photo from ACME |
