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

Date      

Image #

Caption

8-29-43

77.09.1516

New York Bureau
Grapes for the Victors
CATANIA, SICILY—This British Tommy grins as a pretty Sicilian girl feeds him grapes and a great big smile to welcome him and his Eighth Army buddies to a village new Catania. Although they were unable to speak English, happy Sicilian women conveyed their greetings to the victors with flowers, fruit and smiles.
Credit: ACME.

08-30-43

77.09.3179

New York Bureau
Leathernecks Honor Their Dead
New Georgia – Clad in camouflage suits, members of the U.S. Marine Corps pay tribute to buddies who lost their lives in action at Viru Harbor, New Georgia.  In foreground the rifle squad stands ready to blast a salute to the fallen Marines, while a bugler waits to play the final “Taps”.
Credit (U.S. Marine Corps photo from ACME)

8-30-43

77.09.3666a

New York Bureau
Retreating Through Fire
Russia—Through a trail of death and destruction of their own making, German reserves, in horse-drawn carts, move up to the front line on the Dnieper Bend. They pass through a small Russian village, set afire by some of the retreating Nazis before them. Photo has just been received from London, obtained through a neutral source.
Credit: ACME.

8-31-43

77.09.1051

RADIOPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
NEW CARRIER HORNET LAUNCHED
NEWPORT NEWS, VA.- The new 25,000 ton flattop Hornet slides down the ways at Newport News, christened by Mrs. Frank Knox, wife of the U.S. Secretary of the Navy. Knox paid tribute to Doolittle’s men who last year took off from the former Hornet to raid Tokyo, and said Japan could expect bigger and better raids in the future.
Credit: OWI Radiophoto from ACME

8-31-43

77.09.1518

New York Bureau
Axis Scores Hit on Sicily Invasion Vessel
SICILY—A photo, long delayed by censorship, shows a burning United Nations vessel that was hit by an enemy bomb during the invasion of Sicily. Other ships are unharmed by Axis aircraft that futilely attempted to break up the invasion. Figures have shown our losses to be relatively slight and this photo is of the “unusual," rather than being indicative of Allied shipping victims.
Credit: ACME.

8-31-43

77.09.2287

New York Bureau
(caption torn and illegible)
Allied Invasion…
...this photo … until now by censors. This is one of the few vessels the Axis managed to hit in their inadequate attempt to prevent invasion.
Credit (Signal Corps Photo from News of the Day Newsreel from Acme)

8-31-43

77.09.2288

New York Bureau
Greatest Show on Earth
MESSINA, SICILY – General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces, and General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, Commander of the British Army, focus their binoculars on the 1943 version of “The Greatest Show on Earth.” They are observing shelling of the Italian mainland from U.S. gun positions at Messina. Left to right: Commander Harry Butcher, Naval Aide to Gen. Eisenhower; General Montgomery; and General Eisenhower.
Credit Line (U.S. Signal Corps Radiotelephoto – Acme)

8-31-43

77.09.2400

NEW YORK BUREAU
“HILL” GOES UP IN FLAME
YONANGYAUNG, BURMA—Cleverly camouflaged to look like a ill, this Jap oil storage tank at Sadaing Tank Farm, just south of Yonangyaung, goes up in roaring flames—failing to fool Beaufighters of the RAF during a recent raid. Five storage tanks stood on this site originally. Four were destroyed by the British on evacuation, but the fifth was only damaged. The Japs repaired the tank, filled it with a million gallons of oil from neighboring wells, camouflaged the tank, and got a nice, warm fire for their trouble.
Credit: Acme

8-31-43

77.09.3684a

New York Bureau
They Never Got There
Carrying a group of Jap officials to Makassar, this Jap plane never reached its destination. The armed plane crashes in flames near Pomela, in the Celebes, after meeting up with an American Liberator. Captain Augustus V. Connery of East Providence, R.I., and S/Sgt. John W. Tackett of Los Angeles, Calif., sent the transport, which resembles a Douglas DC-3, to its doom.
Credit: U.S. Signal Corps radiotelephoto-ACME.

8-31-43

77.09.3754

New York Bureau
Mixed Ack-Ack Crew Claims Record Kill
England—Manning an ack-ack gun, this “mixed crew” scored a direct hit on a new-type German reconnaissance plane, flying at 36,000 feet, and brought it down in the south of England. Believed to be a ME.109G, it was the first plane of its kind to crash in England. Left to right: (top) Pvt. Rose Rales, spotter on the gunsite; Pvt. Leile Druety, on the predictor; Pvt. Mary Kitts, on the radiolocation apparatus; (bottom) Gunner Thomas Allsopp; Gunner Earnest Greatrex; and Gunner Wilfred Owen.
Credit: ACME.

9-2-43

77.09.128

Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Closing in on Salamaua
New Guinea – Only a few hundred yards from the strong Jap base of Salamaua, New Guinea, a battery of the 41^st Division rocks the enemy with their 75 mm. gun. The announcement of the fall of the air base, on of the last enemy strong points on the island, is expected hourly.
Credit (Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from ACME)

9-2-43

77.09.857

New York Bureau
Paris Nowadays
Paris—This photo received through a neutral source shows the Place de L’Opera with the famed opera house in the background (left). Huge white sign have been placed around the square so that the “German guests” will be able to find their way around. Note Nazi officers in right foreground in midst of a group of Parisians who seem to turn away sullenly from his gaze.
Credit: ACME

9-2-43

77.09.1519

New York Bureau
Nazi Planes Scatter – in Pieces
GERMANY—Flaming pieces (right) mark the end of a German Messerschmitt 110 during a Flying Fortresses attack on the ball-bearing factory at Schweinfurt. August 17, when the 147 Nazi Fighter planes. The fierce daylight battle raged for hours amid scenes like this one where the massed fire power of the famous bombers is too powerful for the enemy flying resistance.
Credit: ACME.

9-2-43

77.09.2436

New York Bureau
IN FOR THE KILL
SOUTH PACIFIC—A United States medium bomber sweeps down for a last blow at a Jap vessel at Hansa Bay, New Guinea. The three large circles in the water mark near misses or arose from previous hits from the B-25.
Credit (US Army Radiotelephoto from Acme)

9-2-43

77.09.2440

New York Bureau
YANKS, AUSSIES CLOSE IN ON SALAMAUA
NEW GUINEA—Yanks and Aussies enjoy a hot meal at this out door kitchen on a mountainside near Mubo. The Allied units to which these men belong are closing in on the Jap air field at Salamaua, which is expected to fall at any hour. Left to right, are: Pvt. Les Woolley, of Footscray, Victoria; Pvt. Les Oates, Wangaratta, Victoria, (the cook); Pvt. Bern Buck, Hendigo, Victoria; Sgt. Roy Young, Portland, Oregon; Warrant Officer Sim Woodcock, Fongala, Victoria, Pvt. Frank Bellett, Donald, Victoria; and Staff Sgt. Leo Bidge, of Deniliquin, N.S.
Credit Line (ACME)

09-02-43

77.09.3191

New York Bureau
Practice Mercy Under Fire
New Georgia – Two fighting Marine Chaplains, both Catholic priests, Lieutenant Paul J. Redmond, of New Haven, Conn. (left), and Lieut. Comdr. John P. Murphy, of Chicago (right) went into action on the front lines with the Marines as they drove the Japs out of their garrisons at Enogai point New Georgia.  The two chaplains who frequently were targets for enemy snipers are shown with Col. Harry B. Liversedge, of Pine Grove, Cal., commanding officer.  After risking their lives to assist the raiders in reaching wounded, both later again faced death to go inside Jap lines to bury Marine dead.  Father Redmond is a former professor at Catholic University, Washington, D.C., and at Providence College, R.I.
Credit (U.S. Marine Corps photo from ACME)

9-2-43

77.09.4415a

New York Bureau
”I’m Going to Maxim’s” – On a Bicycle
Paris – Parisians have almost forgotten what it was like to drive around in motor cars. They get along as best they can with bicycles and horse-drawn vehicles. Typical is this bicycle garage in front of Maxim’s, the night club made famous in story and song.
Credit: ACME

9-3-43

77.09.225

Yard-by-Yard Advance
NEW GEORGIA -- An American infantryman inches his way past a dead Jap soldier in the thick undergrowth of the New Georgia jungles. This is a graphic example of the fierce yard-by-yard fighting that took place on the tiny Pacific Island.
Credit: (Official U.S. Navy Photo from ACME)

9-3-43

77.09.1127

ARCHBISHOP VISITS PRISONERS OF WAR
WEINGARTEN, MO – The spiritual needs of prisoners of war interned in camps in America are not overlooked. Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Papal Representative to the U. S., is shown with a group of Italian prisoners during his recent visit to the PW camp at Weingarten. His Excellency celebrated mass and distributed gifts of prayer books, rosaries and similar articles.
Credit: Official U. S. Army photo from ACME

9-3-43

77.09.1128

SAFE ON THE HIGH SEAS
NEW YORK CITY – In contrast to the drab vessels of war, the Swedish exchange liner “Gripsholm” sports the brilliant blue and gold colors of her country on her side, with her name and the word “Diplomat” prominently lettered between the colors. At night, while on the high seas, she will be gaily lighted to reveal her identity. Guaranteed safe conduct by all belligerent governments, the liner will voyage to the Far East, bringing relief packages from the U. S. to American prisoners of war. She will return with non-military internees. The Gripsholm is shown in New York harbor.
Credit: Official U. S. Navy photo from ACME

9-4-43

77.09.50

New York Bureau
The Female Private Hargrove
North Africa – The WAC has its Private Hargrove too – and here she is – Private Pearlie Hargrove who hails from Pillager, Minn. Part of a WAC contingent sent to Allied Force Headquarters in North Africa, she’s a whiz at the typewriter, too. Using a rolled-up blanket for a chair, she bangs out a letter t the folks back home.
Credit: (Official WAC Photo from ACME)

09-04-43

77.09.3271

New York Bureau
The Rice They Left Behind
Kiska --  The rice left behind when the Japs fled the island of Kiska makes a tasty titbit for S/Sgt. Edmond A. Birdsell of San Francisco, Calif.  Sitting in a shed cluttered with all kinds of equipment, the Yank samples the oriental food, using the enemy’s chopsticks.
Credit line –WP—(ACME)

09-04-43

77.09.3272

New York Bureau
Scuttled Subs
Kiska – Evidently scuttled by their Jap owners as they fled Kiska, these wrecked.  Miniature subs were found by the allies when our troops took possession of the island.  This demolished submarine shed was about a mile from the former Japanese camp.
Credit line—WP—(ACME)

9-5-43

77.09.2136

New York Bureau
Take-off for Italy
SICILY – A Sicilian port is a solid mass of landing boats as the Allies stream on board ready to shove off for Italy. Men, tanks, jeeps and guns were amassed, ready to engulf the Southern tip of Italy under a protective aerial umbrella.
Credit (Acme Radiophoto)

9-5-43

77.09.2137

As British Invaded Italy
REGGIO CALABRIA, ITALY – A few hours after their almost unopposed landings on the Italian coast, British troops drive their amphibious ducks through this city. Having firmly established a bridgehead, the British and Canadians were fanning out rapidly from the captured cities crushing weak opposition and threatening a quick capture of the entire tip of the Italian toe. This photo was sent by radio from Algiers to London and thence via radio to New York.
Credit Line (Acme)