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Image # |
Caption |
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10-30-42 |
77.09.2468 |
New York Bureau
Left on the Roadside
Australia—Deserted when they were put out of commission during an
unsuccessful Jap attack on Milne Bay, these Jap tanks lean dejectedly
to the side of the road. Australian soldiers filing past them should
smile with pride for they delivered a hard blow to the Nips in that
battle. Passed by censor.
Credit: ACME. |
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11-01-42 |
77.09.3173 |
New York Bureau
Packing the Eggs
Port Moresby – American soldiers load quarter-ton bombs into a B-17
bomber upon its return from a mission. A zig-zag camouflage net hides
the plane from the air.
Credit line (ACME) |
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11-01-42 |
77.09.3426 |
Radio photo
New York Bureau
Bagpipes Sound the Call to Arms
North Africa – Instead of the traditional fanfare of trumpets, the
music of bagpipes leads men of the highland division in attacks in the
Western desert. The piper at the right and others like him have
distinguished themselves in leading their division in the last few
days.
Credit line (ACME radio photo) |
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11-02-42 |
77.09.3171 |
U.S. Plane Burns After Japs Attack
In this photo just released by the U.S. Marine Corps in Washington, a
U.S. dive bomber is shown smashed and burning after a direct bomb hit
from Jap bombers. The ship had just returned from a mission when 25
Nipponese bombing planes roared over Henderson field, on Guadalcanal
island. A “blind” hit struck the U.S. plane, which was concealed in a
coconut grove, the Japs lost 23.
Credit line (U.S. Marine Corps from ACME) |
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11-3-42 |
77.09.3112.a |
New York Bureau
It’s this Paratrooper’s first drop, and it is a thrill to clear the
tail of the static balloon that released him. Airborne troops in
training don’t go from ground work to planes. Their first jumping-off
place in the clouds is one of these sky fish.
Credit: ACME |
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11-03-42 |
77.09.3326 |
New York Bureau
American Graveyard Near Darwin
Darwin, Australia – In the heart of the jungle near Darwin, Australia,
soldiers mix cement for the crosses to mark graves of U.S. Airmen who
died in battle. Wooden crosses didn’t last long over the final
resting places of the fighting pilots who were killed in air combat
with Jap raiders.
Credit line (ACME) |
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11-3-42 |
77.09.3717a |
New York Bureau
These daring young men on a non-flying trapeze swing high and low and
get the feel of the man on the landing end of a hurtling parachute.
Other paratroop recruits await their turn on the multiple trapeze that
is part of the airborne troops ground training.
Credit: ACME. |
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11-3-42 |
77.09.4502a |
New York Bureau
Roaring Off to Raid
England – While the wing and tail of one passes out of the picture,
two of Uncle Sam’s “Flying Fortresses” are “getting up steam” on the
runway just before taking off on a bombing mission over Germany or
occupied France. The effectiveness of these monsters of America’s air
armada is one point in the disputed field of aviation that stands
without challenge. Passed by censor.
Credit: Acme |
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11-4-42 |
77.09.2666 |
New York Bureau
Marine Models Jap Sniper’s Uniform
In this photo just released in Washington, one Marine, (right), models
the uniform made of the skin of a long-haired animal, which is worn by
Jap snipers. Picture was taken on “some battlefront.”
Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo from ACME |
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11-04-42 |
77.09.2910 |
New York Bureau
Guadalcanal Hot Spot
Washington, D.C. – Vital messages are relayed through this
communications dugout located in a fighting zone, “somewhere in
Guadalcanal.” These Marines receive and transmit firing date,
dispatches and other information needed by U.S. forces in their fight
against the Japs. Reports from the Solomons today, when this photo
was released in Washington, indicate that Americans face heavy
fighting by newly reinforced Nipponese troops on three sides of them.
Credit Line (U.S. Marine Corps photo from ACME) |
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11-4-42 |
77.09.4019.a-b |
New York Bureau
Army Reinforces Marines in Solomons
Washington, D.C. -- This photo, just released in Washington, shows a
U.S. Army Task Force boarding a transport at New Caledonia, just
before it left to reinforce U.S. Marines, who are engaged in bitter
fighting with the Japs in the Solomon Island area.
Credit: U.S. Army photo from ACME |
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11-4-42 |
77.09.4318a |
New York Bureau
Casualties Being Removed After Raid
England - Casualties are placed in an ambulance by ARP workers, after
a Nazi plane had staged a daylight raid on a town in East Anglia. The
plane damaged the office and shopping center of the town with bombs
and machine-gunned the streets. Note fire hose stretched across
street, (upper part of photo). (Passed by Censors)
Credit: ACME |
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11-4-42 |
77.09.4501a |
New York Bureau
Flyers Take Dunking
A destroyer maneuvers to rescue the crew of a U.S. Navy plane which
missed its landing on the carrier belonging to gun at extreme left.
The airmen are barely discernible at right of plane.
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo from Acme |
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11-5-42 |
77.09. 287 |
New York Bureau
Leisure Time
NEW RIVER, N.C. - Even their leisure time must be devoted to countless
necessary tasks. In bivouac after landing operations, these Marines
sit before their camouflaged pup tents and clean their rifles to keep
them in working order while their buddies shave. This is part of the
training the men receive at the U.S. Marine Base at New River.
Credit: (ACME) |
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11-5-42 |
77.09.4020.a-b |
For release: Sunday AM, November 8
New York Bureau
Over the Waves
New River, North Carolina -- Riding high on the waves, a Higgins
Landing Boat carries armed Marines to the beach for assault action
during a part of the intensive training course given at the U.S.
Marine base at New River, in the Marine’s Advanced School of Combat
Techniques. Passed by censor.
Credit: ACME |
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11-6-42 |
77.09.1091 |
DESERT DEATH
WESTERN DESERT – Under a netting that camouflages the heavy cannon
from enemy aircraft, a Greek Army crew fires a shell into an enemy
aircraft position in the Western Desert. Latest reports indicate the
Axis forces are being crushed by the fury of the United Nations dive
to push Rommel’s army out of Africa.
Credit: ACME |
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11-06-42 |
77.09.3172 |
A Bit of Unrising Sun
Guadalcanal – Bits of a Jap bomber rained down on Marine-held
Guadalcanal when a Leatherneck anti-aircraft shell touched off its
ammunition load at 20,000 feet. The dented wing-section was the
largest single piece remaining of the Jap sky-raider. Marines on
besieged Henderson field, hold up their trophy.
Credit (ACME Official U.S. Marine Corps photo) |
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11-06-42 |
77.09.3495.a |
New York Bureau
Laying Eggs
Cairo, Egypt – RAF Baltimores rained destruction on fleeing axis
troops in the Western desert. Photo radioed from Cairo shows one of
the British planes “laying eggs” on retreating German vehicles.
Latest reports indicate heavy German losses and continued allied
victories on the Egyptian front.
Credit line (ACME) |
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11-7-42 |
77.09.103 |
New York Bureau
Signing Off
Guadalcanal – A direct hit by a Japanese aerial bomb turned what was
once a U.S. radio receiving station into this mass of debris. It was
destroyed during one of the many air raids which the Japs have
launched against American forces on Guadalcanal.
Credit: (A US Marine Corps Photo from ACME) |
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11-07-42 |
77.09.2802 |
600 Japs Died Here
Guadalcanal, S.I. – Six hundred Japs died as U.S. Marine raider
battalions, entrenched on this ridge, turned back thrust after thrust
by the enemy. Heavy artillery was used to defend the ridge, which
protects Guadalcanal’s all-important airport, Henderson Field.
Credit Line (U.S. Marine Corps photo from ACME) |
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11-7-42 |
77.09.2964 |
REMNANT OF A BOMBER
GUADALCANAL, S.I.—This wing section is the largest single piece of the
remains of a Jap bomber, brought down when a U.S. Marine anti-aircraft
shell touched off its bomb load at 20,000 feet. The Rising Sun bomber
disintergrated in the ski as bits of steel rained down over a wide
area beneath it. Credit: U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO FROM ACME. |
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11-07-42 |
77.09.3323 |
New York Bureau
Stopped ‘Em Rolling
Guadalcanal – Accurate naval gunnery from U.S. ships lying off
Guadalcanal shattered these Jap trucks during the early stages of the
battle of the Solomons. The truck in the foreground appear to have
suffered a direct hit.
Credit line (US Marine Corps photo from ACME) |
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11-7-42 |
77.09.3718a |
New York Bureau
Before They Leap
North Ireland—Wearing their parachutes and camouflaged helmets, U.S.
Paratroopers sit at ease along the sides of a big troop-carrying plane
waiting for their cue to “hit the silk.” Photo was taken during
training of American soldiers learning to be expert jumpers. Passed by
censors.
Credit: ACME. |
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11-7-42 |
77.09.3945.a |
Floating to Earth
North Ireland—Hundreds of billowing parachutes float slowly toward the
green fields of Ireland. Training to be invaders, these Yanks complete
a jump successfully, which brings them one step closer to admittance
into the U.S. Patatrooper Force. (Passed by censor)
Credit: ACME. |
