When you click a link, the image opens in a new window. To
return to this page, close the window.
|
Date
|
Image # |
Caption |
|
9-12-44 |
77.09.4303a |
New York Bureau
”Business as Usual”
Lyon, France -- After snipers had been driven from the rooftops in
Lyon, and the city had been completely liberated, civilians once more
returned to their normal lives, which included tete-a-tetes in their
numerous sidewalk cafes. Lt. John Whelden, Newton, Massachusetts,
chats over a glass of ale with a buxom French girl, who is attired in
traditional peasant costume.
Credit: ACME photo by Sherman Montrose, War Pool Correspondent` |
|
9-12-44 |
77.09.4604ab |
New York Bureau
Yank Fliers Who Attacked Flying Bomb Sites
London, England – Multi-ribboned American pilots who attacked the
German flying bomb sites on the French coast met with other service
personnel who were engaged in fighting against the flying bomb menace
and held a press interview at the Ministry of Information recently.
Left to right: Maj. Charles S. Hudson, Bakersfield, California; Capt.
Richard Nickelhoff, Mamoraneck, New York; Lt. B.A. Carroll, Dallas,
Texas; and Maj. Albert E. Hill, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Credit: ACME |
|
9-13-44 |
77.09.1665 |
New York Bureau
German Sniper His Target
BELGIUM—A Yank infantryman pokes the muzzle of his rifle around a
street corner in Liege, Belgium, to take a shot at a German sniper
hidden in a building at the end of the street. Allied armored vehicles
rumble up the road.
Credit: ARMY RADIOTELEPHOTO FROM ACME. |
|
9-13-44 |
77.09.1670 |
New York Bureau
Allies Advance in Belgium
BELGIUM—British armored vehicles roll across the Albert Canal at
Beeringen in Belgium. Original bridge was destroyed by Nazi demolition
squads but was rebuilt by Allied engineers to allow troops to advance.
Credit: ARMY RADIOTELEPHOTO FROM ACME. |
|
9-13-44 |
77.09.1872 |
RADIOTELEPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
TANKS ADVANCE IN LUXEMBOURG
LUXEMBOURG—A United States Sherman tank rolls onward past a destroyed
and still burning German vehicle after an encounter just inside the
Luxembourg border.
Credit: Army radiotelephoto from Acme |
|
9-13-44 |
77.09.1873 |
RADIOTELEPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
CHEER LIBERATION OF LUXEMBOURG
Wildly cheering citizens crowd before the City Hall as Prince Felix of
the Duchy of Luxembourg stands on the balcony to greet them after
liberation by the Allies.
Credit: Army radiotelephoto from Acme |
|
9-13-44 |
77.09.4264.a-b |
New York Bureau
TAKE NAZI PRISONERS AND ESCAPE VEHICLES
FRANCE—A German soldier emerges slowly from his hiding place under the
pistol point guard of 1st Lt. John W. Upchurch of Chicago,
Ill. Nazi had taken refuge in the cellar of a house in Oisulay,
France. Bicycles were those stolen by Germans in futile effort to flee
the advancing Allies.
Credit (Army Radiotelephoto from ACME) |
|
9-13-44 |
77.09.4296ab |
New York Bureau
Enemy Fire No Obstacle
France -- American infantrymen dash across a railway near Metz,
France, close to the German border. They crouch low to escape Nazi
fire. Note the bullet-pocked pylon behind the foremost Yank.
Credit: Signal Corps photo from ACME |
|
9-13-44 |
77.09.4297a |
New York Bureau
Now It’s the Nazis’ Turn
France -- Withdrawing in the face of relentlessly advancing Allied
forces, German troops are reverting to the scorched earth policy in
many sections of France. Buildings were gutted and still burning in
the town of Baume les Dames as American troops entered hot on the
heels of the retreating Nazis.
Credit: Army photo from ACME |
|
9-13-44 |
77.09.4298a |
New York Bureau
Jewish Services in Paris Again
France -- French Jews pack a synagogue in Paris to worship at the
first openly conducted Hebrew services in the liberated French capital
since the Nazis closed the synagogue four and one-half years ago.
Credit: Army photo from ACME |
|
9-13-44 |
77.09.4301a |
New York Bureau
Safer on Land
Arras, France -- Apparently convinced that their subs are more safe on
land than at the mercy of accurate Navy guns, the Nazis were carrying
this midget submarine in overland flight when the British stopped
them. Abandoned on a bombed-up road leading to Arras, the vessel still
carries two unexploded torpedoes. This is a British official photo and
has been passed by the British censor.
Credit: ACME |
|
9-14-44 |
77.09.204 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Caution Makes for Success
THIMISTER, BELGIUM -- Peering cautiously around the corner of this
building, a three-man combat patrol scouts out the little town of
Thimister. They are moving in advance of the main forces. Note the
sign on the building which points to Aachen.
Credit (Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from ACME) |
|
9-14-44 |
77.09.934 |
Chicago Bureau
“Butch” Ferrets the Japs on Guam
Tumon Bay, Guam—(delayed)—“Butch,” a vicious leatherneck Doberman
Pinscher belonging to Walter Dippling, Chicago, is specifically
credited with bringing 10 Japs to their death and in aiding in the
capture of many more. On Guam, accompanied by his handler Marine PFC
Keith F. Schaible, Detroit, Mich., and Marine First Lt. William T.
Taylor, (with rifle) Union, LA., commander of the war dog unit,
“Butch” is seen going into the elaborately maintained Japanese command
post cave on the outskirts of Agana. Some of these caves, connected by
passageways, extended into the ground for 100 yards or more.
Credit: Marine Corps photo from ACME. |
|
9-14-44 |
77.09.1669 |
New York Bureau
Belgian Children Recognize Yanks as Liberators
BASTOGNE, BELGIUM—Wheeled out onto the street on her rolling cot, a
little invalided Belgian girl waves to American soldiers as the Yanks
enter Bastogne in the wake of retreating Germans. To the right, a
little boy snaps to attention and gives a smart salute—American style.
Credit: SIGNAL CORPS RADIOTELEPHOTO FROM ACME. |
|
9-15-44 |
77.09.91 |
New York Bureau
Battleship Dunkerque Blasted
France – Twisted steel and wreckage are all that remain of the
battleship Dunkerque after being blasted by B-17 Flying Forts during a
recent raid on the French harbor at Toulon.
Credit (USAAF Photo from ACME) |
|
9-15-44 |
77.09.1666 |
New York Bureau
Interview in Germany
GERMANY—Along the highway to Aachen, T.R. Henry (right), war
correspondent for the Washington, D.C. Star, interviews T/5 Leon
Roseman of Weehawken, N.J., Was Department Signal Corps Photographer.
Roadside interview took place in the German city of Roetgen.
Credit: ARMY RADIOTELEPHOTO FROM ACME. |
|
9-15-44 |
77.09.1671 |
Washington Bureau-Acme Newspictures
Tank Destroyer Going into Germany
An American Tank destroyer crossing a stream marking the German
border. In the background to the right is a destroyed German railroad.
Credit: SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO VIA RADIOTELEPHOTO. |
|
9-15-44 |
77.09.1672 |
New York Bureau
Sneaking Out
BELGIUM—Moving in horse drawn carts and pushing their bicycles, the
Nazis evacuate Belgium in a far different manner from that in which
they entered so triumphantly several years ago. This photo was taken
secretly by a Belgian Civilian before the Allies arrived.
Credit: SIGNAL CORPS RADIOTELEPHOTO FROM ACME. |
|
9-15-44 |
77.09.1992 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
American Troops March in Germany
GERMANY – Troops of Gen. Hodges’ 1st Army march along both
sides of a road in an endless single file as they advance to the key
German city of Aachen. These troops, among the first to enter Germany,
made history by bringing war to the Fatherland.
Credit – WP –(ACME Photo by Andrew Lopez, War Pool Correspondent via
Army Radiotelephoto) |
|
09-15-44 |
77.09.3368 |
New York Bureau
Prelude to Palau Landings
In a smashing prelude to the landings which took place yesterday, Navy
planes from Adm. William F. Halsey’s third fleet struck Jap-held Palau
repeatedly on July 26-27. Smoke rises from the blasted installations
during the continued aerial hammering.
Credit (U.S. Navy photo from ACME) |
|
09-15-44 |
77.09.3369 |
New York Bureau
Chichi Jima Blasted by Navy Planes
Chichi Jima – A pall of smoke of hides the town area and seaplane base
of Chichi Jima in the Bonin islands after Navy carrier-based blasted
enemy aircraft, sank shipping, and destroyed military installations in
a recent raid. Islands are only 600 miles from to Tokyo.
Credit (U.S. Navy photo from ACME) |
|
9-15-44 |
77.09.4294a |
New York Bureau
Battleship Strasbourg Silenced
France -- To silence the big guns of the former French battleship
Strasbourg, which had been shelling forward elements from the invasion
of southern France, bombers of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
dropped a devastating concentration of bombs on the 702-foot vessel in
the harbor of Toulon, causing many fires and explosions. The wrecked
hulk of the ship is shown in the harbor near shore. In the foreground
lies a capsized cruiser.
Credit: USAAF photo from ACME |
|
9-15-44 |
77.09.4299a |
New York Bureau
Americans Cross Frontier into Lorraine
Lorraine -- Yank soldiers have lifted the border-barriers from France
into Lorraine and an American half-track moves across into the
province. Until 1918 Lorraine was a part of France. It was then seized
by the Germans in World War I. In 1940 Hitler’s forces marched into
the French province and reestablished the frontier barriers between
France and Lorraine.
Credit: ACME photo by Bert Brandt, War Pool Correspondent |
|
9-15-44 |
77.09.4300a |
New York Bureau
Allied Planes Stripped by Germans for Parts
Paris, France -- In this bombed hangar near Paris, the Germans kept
downed Allied planes so that parts could be salvaged for their own
aircraft. Spitfires and a P-47 Thunderbolt can be seen, partially
stripped.
Credit: ACME photo by Charles Haacker, War Pool Correspondent |
|
9-15-44 |
77.09.4605ab |
New York Bureau
Allies Hit Mighty Air Blows at Brest
Brest Peninsula – Target for bombers of the U.S. 8th Air
Force, this gun emplacement on a small quay on the Brest Peninsula
goes up in a series of explosions as Allied planes hit at Nazi
fortifications on the Peninsula.
Credit: Official USAAF Photo from ACME |
