Through the Camera's Eye:
The Allison Collection 
of World War II Photographs (continued)

Date      

Image #

Caption

12-20-42

77.09.945

Atlanta Bureau
Amphibian Engineers Come Ashore (2)
Camp Carrabelle, Fla.—Ten-wheel trucks, with guns and supplies trailing, roll off larger landing craft as the Engineer Amphibian Command stages a landing near this camp. This command is the newest in the Army.
Credit: U.S. Army Signal Corps from ACME.

12-20-42

77.09.946

Atlanta Bureau
Amphibian Engineers Come Ashore (4)
Camp Carrabelle, Fla.—Landing craft of the Amphibian Engineer Command are shown beached on the Gulf of Mexico shore at sunrise during landing maneuvers.
Credit: ACME.

12-21-42

77.09.2897

After Japs Lost the Battle
Guadalcanal – Four plumes of smoke mark the end of as many Japanese cargo vessels, which were beached during the battle of Guadalcanal at Tassafaronga, about 7 ½ miles West of U.S. positions on Guadalcanal.  They were found by U.S. forces on Nov 15^th last, and were destroyed by aerial bombs, artillery and naval gun fire.  In addition, the enemy lost 11 warships, including one battleship, and eight transports and suffered damage to seven other warships.  American losses in the battle were two light cruisers and six destoyers.
Credit Line (U.S. Navy photo from ACME)

12-21-42

77.09.3048

New York Bureau
Scrap for the Red Army
STALINGRAD—These captured German tanks would make a good scrap collection for anybody’s war machine. They’re in the hands of the Red Army now and are shown massed on an open field near Stalingrad.
Credit: ACME

12-21-42

77.09.3353

New York Bureau
Waiting for Orders
Guadalcanal – Near this tent deep in a jungle on Guadalcanal island, these operations officers “stand by” for orders.  From this point, battle orders are issued to various combat groups on the island.  Seated in the foreground is Col. Lawson H.M. Sanderson, USMC
Credit line (U.S. Navy photo from ACME)

12-21-42

77.09.3776

Practice Commando Tactics at Sea
At Sea—US Fighting men practice commando tactics on a ship under way at sea. A net is suspended from a ship boom so that the men can learn how to transfer into barges in actual operations. They carry all the equipment they would normally have in an actual landing.
Credit: ACME.

12-22-42

77.09.2997

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This photo, taken from a newsreel, shows a column of smoke and water rising from an exploding bomb dropped near an American aircraft carrier during recent action in the South Pacific. Not one U.S. ship was more than slightly damaged in the action in which a Japanese bombing fleet was driven off. This picture has just been released in New York.
Credit: U.S. NAVY PHOTO FROM ACME.

12-22-42

77.09.2998

MAN-MADE EARTHQUAKE
An exploding Jap Aerial bomb which exploded eastern of this U.S. aircraft carrier, (white ring on surface of water, in background makes where explosion occurred), tossed this fighter plane overside into gun emplacement (left in photo), and knocked two crew members down, (center). Photo, which was taken during recent action in the South Pacific, was released in New York today. No American ship, which took part in the battle of which the above action was a part, was more than slightly damaged. Picture was taken from an official newsreel.
Credit: U.S. NAVY PHOTO FROM ACME.

12-22-42

77.09.2999

BATTLE’S END
After heavy action against a fleet of Jap bombers in a recent action in the South Pacific, American planes return to this U.S. aircraft carrier, are refueled and stowed away. This photo, taken from an official newsreel, has just been released in New York. In the battle, no American vessel was more than slightly damaged.
Credit: U.S. NAVY PHOTO FROM ACME.

12-22-42

77.09.3180

New York Bureau
Same Old Sport – New Spot
Guadalcanal – American soldiers and Marines, along with two native guides, combine the job of washing their clothes with the sport of swimming, in the Lunga river on Guadalcanal island in the Solomons.  A huge fallen tree is used both as a washboard and a seat for sun bathing.
Credit line (U.S. Marine Corps from ACME)

12-23-42

77.09.977

RADIOPHOTO
GO LONG MULE
FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA—Even in this man’s modernized Army, the famous Army mule is still turning soldier’s hair gray with its stubbornness. But so far, no substitute has been found that can surpass the mule for hauling equipment over mountain trails. Here, two artillerymen try to coax an army mule into movement.
Credit: US Army photo via OWI Radiophoto from ACME

12-23-42

77.09.2940

DEFY DEATH
Members of the U.S. carrier’s deck crew—some keeping their eyes on Jap planes overhead—run to the assistance of Navy plane which suffered an accident in landing during a battle in Pacific. Photo from a Navy film.
Credit: OFFICIAL NAVY PHOTO-ACME.

12-23-42

77.09.3236

New York Bureau
Guadalcanal’s Gunga Din”
Guadalcanal – U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal Nicknamed this diminutive native boy, “Gunga din”.  He was on a recent patrol action against the Japanese.
Credit line (ACME)

12-23-42

77.09.3257

New York Bureau
Fighting in the Pacific
A U.S. Navy plane came to an abrupt stop on the deck of a zig-zagging aircraft carrier during a battle in the Pacific.  A member of the plane’s crew, or the deck crew, crouches at right as the ship dodges Jap planes.  Two columns of smoke rise from the ocean, possibly showing where planes have crashed during the fight.  Photo from an official Navy film.
Credit (Official Navy photo – ACME)

12-24-42

77.09.1072.a

RADIOPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
STOOD OFF DAVY JONES FOR THREE LONG WEEKS
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK – They are nine battered members of the Coast Guard Reserve. They were battered about the Atlantic in their fifty-eight-foot yawl, a slim craft built for racing, for twenty-one days. They were swept helplessly before winds of hurricane force that carried them 3,100 miles from a point more than 100 miles off a Canadian port to Cape Hattoras, N.C. They were rescued today thanks to the vigilance of officers and men of the Eastern Sea Frontier. They are shown above on their arrival at the U.S. Naval Air Station (Floyd Bennett Field). They were flown from Ocracoke Inlet, N.C. – where they were brought after their rescue – to Elizabeth City in a Coast Guard plane. At Elizabeth City they were transferred to a Naval transport plane which, after a stop at Norfolk, brought them here. Left to right they are: Arnold Windsor, Greenport, L.I., N.Y.; James T. Watson, of Greenport, L.I., N.Y.; Vance M. Smith, of Swampscott, Mass.’ Toivo Koskinen, of Bridgeport, Conn.; Ward Weimar, Greenwich, Conn.’ Curtis Arnall, of Greenport, L.I., N.Y. the skipper of the craft; Theodore C. Carlson, North Baltimore, L.I., N.Y.; Joseph E. Choate, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Edward R. Jobson, Larchmont, N.Y. They’ll be home for Christmas.
Credit: ACME

12-26-42

77.09.1070

RADIOPHOTO
CHICAGO BUREAU
SUB BUILT ON GREAT LAKES NOW ON WAY TO THE SEA
CHICAGO; The U.S.S. Peto, the first U.S. Navy submarine ever built on the Great Lakes, is placed in a drydock at Lockport, IL for the trip to New Orleans, LA and the sea, over shallow lower reaches of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. The sub is being towed from Chicago through the inland waterways after tests and trial run from Manitowoc, Wis. Shipyards, where it was built.
Credit: OWI Radiophoto from ACME

12-26-42

77.09.1071

RADIOPHOTO
CHICAGO BUREAU
MID-WEST BUILT SUBMARINE ON WAY TO THE SEA
CHICAGO; The U.S.S. Peto, first U.S. Navy submarine built on the Great Lakes, arrives at Lockport, IL after a trip down Lake Michigan and through The Chicago Drainage Canal and Illinois Waterway, from the shipyards at Manitowoc, Wis. The sub was placed in drydock to be towed the balance of the trip through the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans, LA where is will receive its final fitting.
Credit: ACME

12-26-42

77.09.3574

Thru Marble Arch
El Agheila, Libya—A convoy of British motor transport, led by armored cars of the Royal Air Force, passes through the famous marble arch west of El Agheila, as they move a unit up to a new airfield in close support of the Eighth Army’s advance. Recent dispatches from the Libyan front indicate that units of advanced Allied forces have occupied a position  (rest of caption illegible).

12-26-42

77.09.3575

New York Bureau
Rescued from Sunken Tank
Algiers—When U.S. General Grant tanks were being unloaded at Algiers, one fell into the water. Two of the crew swam ashore, but the third went down to the rescue and this photo shows him bringing the crewmen up.
Credit: ACME.

12-26-42

77.09.3576

New York Bureau
After German Air Raid in Algiers
Here is some of the damage done to the lightly built buildings of Algiers during the first raid carried out by the Germans following the occupation by U.S. troops. Passed by censor.
Credit: ACME.

12-26-42

77.09.3577

New York Bureau
Americans on Duty in North Africa
An American soldier stands guard over a wrecked French plane beneath the skeleton of a hangar at “La Senia,” one of the principal airports captured by the United Nations near Oran. Passed by censor.
Credit: ACME.

12-26-42

77.09.4619ab

New York Bureau
First American Sergeant Pilots in England
These American Sergeant Pilots were the first to go over to England. They are shown arriving at a replacement center. Passed by censors.
Credit: ACME

12-27-42

77.09.2469

New York Bureau
Beached With a Bounce
Benghasi—This Axis ship was actually blown clear out of the water of Benghasi Harbor, and now rests on half of the pier while other enemy ships litter the bay. The British, who took over the Libyan port last month, are reported to have contacted units of Rommel’s depleted army. (Passed by censors)
Credit: ACME.

12-28-42

77.09.1077

RADIOPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
LAST RESPECTS TO SLAIN DARLAN
ALGIERS – Civilians file past the body of Admiral Jean Francois Darlan as it lies in state in a government building in Algiers. Reportedly, the assassination of the Chief of French North Africa has left little or no confusion among his followers who eagerly lined up with General Henri Giraud. (Photo radioed to N.Y. today)
Credit: OWI Radiophoto from ACME

12-28-42

77.09.3578

Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Paying Last Respects to Dablan
Algiers—Closely packed civilians file past the bier where Admiral Jean Francois Dablan lies in state, in Algiers. The slain French chief might have caused mistrust in some parts of the world, but this photo is testimony that he was popular in French Colonial America. His bier may be seen in the distant background between the double-lines of visitors. Credit: ACME radiophoto.