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

Date      

Image #

Caption

05-19-43

77.09.3464

New York Bureau
Nazi Tank In Nazi Graveyard
Tunisia: - A German tank which met a fate similar to some of the Nazi fighting men.  Artillery fire of the British knocked it out of action in the shadow of crosses over graves of Afrika Corpsmen killed in the battle of North Africa.  Action took place on the outside of Tunis.
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05-19-43

77.09.3471

New York Bureau
Allies Occupy Tunis
Tunis: - A British Tommy keeps his gun pointed at a pair of German prisoners whom he captured when Tunis fell to the allies.  The trio march past a Nazi vehicle that is still burning.
Credit line (ACME)

5/20/43

77.09.2051

Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Mediterranean Round-Up
A British destroyer rounds us a load of would-be Nazi escapists 20 miles from land, midway between Tunisia and Pantelleria. Most of these Nazis are Luftwaffe anti-aircraft gunners. There would have been plenty of business for them had they escaped to the Mediterranean island, for Allied flyers are giving it a constant pounding.
Credit (ACME Radiophoto)

05-20-43

77.09.2833

New York Bureau
Battle Scars
New Guinea - - Although many months have passed since Jap and Allied troops fought here, time and fast-growing jungle vegetation have not yet been able to remove the scars of battle from this field in the Buna area of New Guinea.  Naked, battle-scarred palms and jagged stumps still jut out from thick foliage to tell the story of the fury that raged here.
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05-20-43

77.09.2884

Allies Attack Salamaua
This photo, released in Washington today, shows smoke rising from fires set by Allied bombs on the Jap-held base at Salamaus, New Guinea, recently.  A wing of one of the bombers making the raid shows at lower, left (photo above).  It was announced today that allied planes had again raided Salamaua, attacking the airdome and town area and starting fires in enemy installations along the Francisco River.
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5-20-43

77.09.2973

HERE LIES
NEW GUINEA—Deep in the heart of New Guinea’s Sananada Jungle, slender tombstones jut out of the foliage to mark the resting place of Japs who fell in conflict with Allied forces. Tom Yarbrough, a War Correspondent, reads the inscription that marks the grave of Rotsune Yamamoto of the Jap Navy.
Credit: ACME.

5-21-43

77.09.1633

New York Bureau
“Wounded” Warbird Comes Home
American fliers examine the battered tail section of an American Flying Fortress that managed to return to its home base in spite of damages that crippled it. The “wounded” warbird made its spectacular flight back after participating in a raid on Palermo, Sicily.
Credit: U.S. SIGNAL CORPS RADIOTELEPHOTO-ACME.

5-21-43

77.09.2975

STEPPING STONES TO BURMA
BURMA—Stepping stones help Allied soldiers and their supply mules to cross this jungle stream on the narrow road to Burma. Cut through jungle, forests and mountains; this road must serve as a supply route for the Allies until the Japs can be chased from Burma and the Burma Road reopened. The key to China, which must be given military aid before a successful attack on the Japanese empire can be launched, Burma is probably the center of attention in long-range Pacific strategy discussions now being held in Washington.
Credit: ACME.

5-21-43

77.09.2976

JUNGLE BATH
BURMA—Ubduab tribesmen wash the sweat of labor from their bodies and clothing in a rocky jungle stream along the new supply road to Burma. The tribesmen helped Allied troops to cut a supply route through miles of jungle, forests and mountains—which will have to serve the Allies until the Burma road can be reopened.
Credit: ACME.

5-21-43

77.09.2977

THE WINDING WAY TO BURMA
BURMA—A convoy of jeeps moves slowly along the narrow, winding road to Burma, to carry supplies to Allied troops stationed there. Built by the Army in less than six months, the road is a slender ribbon, twisting through miles of mountains, jungles, and thick forests. In the discussions of long-range Pacific strategy now under way in Washington, Burma is most likely the center of attention, for it is the key to China,  through which the attack on the empire of Japan must be made. This small supply route must serve Allied forces until the Japs can be knocked out of Burma and the Burma road reopened.
Credit: ACME.

5-21-43

77.09.2979.a

JAP SAVAGERY IN KIANGSI PROVINCE
From the camera of Vincentian priests, who served as missionaries in the Chinese Province of Kiangsi in October, 1942, when savage Jap troops visited the countryside to bring death and destruction to tiny towns that gave aid to General Jimmy Doolittle and his men, comes an eloquent record of the sufferings of the Chinese at the hands of brutal, vengeance-seeking Japan. Brought out of China by three priests and five American Sisters of Charity, who hid in the hills while the towns were laid waste, the pictures show violence that far surpasses damage done in modern bombing raids. The Chinese were tortured savagely and put to death en masse. Although the Japs had two objectives-the air field and 200 miles of railroad from Ying-tan to Chin-nua in Chekiang the general conduct of the rail was a punitive one, for it was here that American fliers were fed and treated after their raid of April 18, 1942. Fleeing China after the raid, the eight missionaries traveled on foot, by bus, and finally by boat and plane, reaching the Western Hemisphere five months later. The pictures were obtained in St. Louis from Father Paul Lloyd, director of the Vincentian Foreign Mission Society, and Father George Yager, the Vincentian priest who witnessed the raid and supplied captions for the following photos.
Hiding in the hills as the Jap Army of Occupation razes their mission and homes of peasants who remained at home to be tortured and killed. The missionaries eat their meal in the woods. Left to right: Father Tom Smith, Bishop Charles Quinn, Father William Clynn, Father William Stein, and Father Chin.
Credit: ACME.

5-21-43

77.09.2986.a

JAP SAVAGERY IN KIANGSI PROVINCE
From the camera of Vincentian priests, who served as missionaries in the Chinese Province of Kiangsi in October, 1942, when savage Jap troops visited the countryside to bring death and destruction to tiny towns that gave aid to General Jimmy Doolittle and his men, comes an eloquent record of the sufferings of the Chinese at the hands of brutal, vengeance-seeking Japan. Brought out of China by three priests and five American Sisters of Charity, who hid in the hills while the towns were laid waste, the pictures show violence that far surpasses damage done in modern bombing raids. The Chinese were tortured savagely and put to death en masse. Although the Japs had two objectives-the air field and 200 miles of railroad from Ying-tan to Chin-nua in Chekiang the general conduct of the rail was a punitive one, for it was here that American fliers were fed and treated after their raid of April 18, 1942. Fleeing China after the raid, the eight missionaries traveled on foot, by bus, and finally by boat and plane, reaching the Western Hemisphere five months later. The pictures were obtained in St. Louis from Father Paul Lloyd, director of the Vincentian Foreign Mission Society, and Father George Yager, the Vincentian priest who witnessed the raid and supplied captions for the following photos.
Father Frederick Maguire of Philadelphia (third from left) Father Tom McManus of Ireland (center) and an unidentified doctor in Nancheng (not Nanchang) survey the ruins the Japs left behind as they prepare to do relief work. Two Chinese villagers, who were among the few survivors of the vicious raid, walk dejectedly past the wrecked buildings.
Credit: ACME.

5-21-43

77.09.2987.a

JAP SAVAGERY IN KIANGSI PROVINCE
From the camera of Vincentian priests, who served as missionaries in the Chinese Province of Kiangsi in October, 1942, when savage Jap troops visited the countryside to bring death and destruction to tiny towns that gave aid to General Jimmy Doolittle and his men, comes an eloquent record of the sufferings of the Chinese at the hands of brutal, vengeance-seeking Japan. Brought out of China by three priests and five American Sisters of Charity, who hid in the hills while the towns were laid waste, the pictures show violence that far surpasses damage done in modern bombing raids. The Chinese were tortured savagely and put to death en masse. Although the Japs had two objectives-the air field and 200 miles of railroad from Ying-tan to Chin-nua in Chekiang the general conduct of the rail was a punitive one, for it was here that American fliers were fed and treated after their raid of April 18, 1942. Fleeing China after the raid, the eight missionaries traveled on foot, by bus, and finally by boat and plane, reaching the Western Hemisphere five months later. The pictures were obtained in St. Louis from Father Paul Lloyd, director of the Vincentian Foreign Mission Society, and Father George Yager, the Vincentian priest who witnessed the raid and supplied captions for the following photos.
Even the Chinese churches failed to escape demolition at the hands of raiding Jap troops. Here is a view of the rear of Ying-tan church after the Japanese laid waste the city.
Credit: ACME.

5-21-43

77.09.2988.a

JAP SAVAGERY IN KIANGSI PROVINCE
From the camera of Vincentian priests, who served as missionaries in the Chinese Province of Kiangsi in October, 1942, when savage Jap troops visited the countryside to bring death and destruction to tiny towns that gave aid to General Jimmy Doolittle and his men, comes an eloquent record of the sufferings of the Chinese at the hands of brutal, vengeance-seeking Japan. Brought out of China by three priests and five American Sisters of Charity, who hid in the hills while the towns were laid waste, the pictures show violence that far surpasses damage done in modern bombing raids. The Chinese were tortured savagely and put to death en masse. Although the Japs had two objectives-the air field and 200 miles of railroad from Ying-tan to Chin-nua in Chekiang the general conduct of the rail was a punitive one, for it was here that American fliers were fed and treated after their raid of April 18, 1942. Fleeing China after the raid, the eight missionaries traveled on foot, by bus, and finally by boat and plane, reaching the Western Hemisphere five months later. The pictures were obtained in St. Louis from Father Paul Lloyd, director of the Vincentian Foreign Mission Society, and Father George Yager, the Vincentian priest who witnessed the raid and supplied captions for the following photos.
Holding their skirts high, American Sisters of Charity splash through a mountain stream as they flee the fast-approaching Jap Army of destruction. The Sisters abandoned their traditional headdress for the flight, to prevent the large, white headpieces from attracting the attention of aircraft.
Credit: ACME.

5-21-43

77.09.2990.a

JAP SAVAGERY IN KIANGSI PROVINCE
From the camera of Vincentian priests, who served as missionaries in the Chinese Province of Kiangsi in October, 1942, when savage Jap troops visited the countryside to bring death and destruction to tiny towns that gave aid to General Jimmy Doolittle and his men, comes an eloquent record of the sufferings of the Chinese at the hands of brutal, vengeance-seeking Japan. Brought out of China by three priests and five American Sisters of Charity, who hid in the hills while the towns were laid waste, the pictures show violence that far surpasses damage done in modern bombing raids. The Chinese were tortured savagely and put to death en masse. Although the Japs had two objectives-the air field and 200 miles of railroad from Ying-tan to Chin-nua in Chekiang the general conduct of the rail was a punitive one, for it was here that American fliers were fed and treated after their raid of April 18, 1942. Fleeing China after the raid, the eight missionaries traveled on foot, by bus, and finally by boat and plane, reaching the Western Hemisphere five months later. The pictures were obtained in St. Louis from Father Paul Lloyd, director of the Vincentian Foreign Mission Society, and Father George Yager, the Vincentian priest who witnessed the raid and supplied captions for the following photos.
This grass tent was the home of missionaries as they hid in the hills while savage Japs wrought havoc in Kiangsi towns below.
Credit: ACME.

5-21-43

77.09.3561.a

New York Bureau
Bringing Home American “Bacon”
Tunisia—Three Tunisian youngsters anticipate full tummies as they carry off American foodstuffs distributed at the football stadium in Sousse, Tunisia. A good quantity of the enormous tonnage of U.S. supplies for civilians which has been shipped to North Africa recently has already been distributed to Tunisians, made hungry by the Axis. The shipments consist of goods unobtainable in Tunisia, such as coffee, tea, sugar, biscuits, clothing, and material for making children’s clothes. The people receive ration cards, to be stamped at the time of purchase.
Credit: ACME.

5-22-43

77.09.3562

New York Bureau
The City Still Stands
Tunis—Although Allied bombers pounded heavily at dock installations and military objectives in Tunis while the city was still held by the Axis, the center of the town was left almost intact. Untouched by bombs, this is how Tunis looked from the air soon after American, British, and French troops moved in. Only the trench at bottom right remains as a reminder of warfare that once raged in Tunis.
Credit: ACME.

5-22-43

77.09.3563

New York Bureau
What Allies Did to Tunis
Tunis—Acres and acres of bombed docks, with warehouses and installations completely knocked out, are shown in this photo of Tunis, taken by RAF photographers soon after the city was occupied by the Allies. Although the center of the town was left almost intact by raiders, Tunis military objectives took a bad beating from the air.
Credit: ACME.

5-22-43

77.09.4097a

The Last Track
Somewhere in England -- American Army engineers lay the last bit of track for the 17-mile, narrow gauge railroad, built and operated by U.S. forces at an Army Supply Depot in England. The road was build to haul supplies between Army warehouses and unloading and shipping points in Britain.
Credit: ACME

5-22-43

77.09.4099a

New York Bureau
Rolling Along
Somewhere in England -- Rolling along the only American-built-and-operated railroad in England, this engine hauls Army supplies to and from Army warehouses. The 17-mile, narrow gauge railroad was built by U.S. Army engineers to facilitate transportation of equipment.
Credit: ACME

5-22-43

77.09.4100a

New York Bureau
American Railroad in England
Somewhere in England -- American soldiers stack crates of supplies on a car that runs along the only U.S.-built and operated railroad in England. Covering 17 miles of trackage, the railroad was built by the Army to haul supplies from the British unloading point to the warehouses, or from U.S. warehouses to British lines for shipment.
Credit: ACME

5-23-43

77.09.1180

NEW YORK BUREAU
BETWEEN HIM AND DEATH
This shredded leather helmet is all that stood between Wing Commander Arthur Hay Donaldson and death when he led a flight of whirlwind fighters in a recent low-level attack on Morlaix airfield. Explosive shells from a ground battery reached his plane, and one went through his cockpit hood and tore through his helmet. Uninjured, the RAF man was knocked unconscious, but he soon recovered to keep his Whirlwind from crashing and fly back across 100 miles of channel to his base.
Credit: ACME

5-23-43

77.09.2671

New York Bureau
Spuds Ahoy!
Ceylon, India – Spud-hungry? Just hop an ocean liner to Ceylon – They’ve got plenty of potatoes there. This is one chore that many an American housewife would like to take over – but it’s still K.P. to the RAF men and Ceylonese who peel and peel and peel the never-ending pile of spuds.
Credit: ACME

5-23-43

77.09.4312a

New York Bureau
Smilin’ Thru
London, England - Smiling cheerfully as she salvages her belongings from a bomb-wrecked home, this woman is typical of the average Briton. Not even nuisance raids by enemy bombers can shake British confidence in eventual Allied victory. With all Africa conquered and Nazi Europe trembling before the threat of Allied invasion, she knows that it’s only a matter of time ‘till the Axis surrenders - unconditionally. The German Air Force flew over England again, tonight (May 23), in more that a “nuisance” raid. Bombing and strafing two coastal resort towns, Nazi bombers carried out one of the worst raids since the Battle of Britain.
Credit: ACME

5-24-43

77.09.3564

New York Bureau
Smashing Through to Tunis
Tunisia, N. Africa—The day before the capitulation of Tunis, Eighth Army infantry rush a ridge while under fire from mortars and artillery. After fierce fighting, the British found the fall of the Tunisian capital unexpectedly swift.
Credit: ACME.