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9-19-43 |
77.09.2359 |
WASHINGTON BUREAU
ACME NEWSPICTURES
MATERIEL TO FURTHER ITALY’S INVASION
The above photo flashed to the U.S. by radiotelephoto shows enlisted
men of a fighter group of American soldiers unloading an Allied
transport plane that landed on a narrow strip of beach on Italian soil
as we battle our way inland.
Credit: U S Army Signal Corps radiotelephoto from Acme |
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09-19-43 |
77.09.3319 |
New York Bureau
Just What the Dodgers Ordered
New Georgia Island—Here’s the gadget that the Brooklyn Dodgers have
been looking for an automatic fly catcher. Marine raider Tommy Dougan,
of Memphis, Tenn; , picked up the Jap-manufactured Thingamajig when
the Yanks moved into Bairoko, New Georgia. A cylinder, motivated by
clockwork, slowly rotates and imprisons flies, attracted by honey or
syrup, in an escape-proof screened chamber.
Credit line (ACME) |
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9-19-43 |
77.09.3661a |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Freed From the Nazi Yoke
Bryansk, Russia—Soviet fighters who helped drive the Germans from
Bryansk are treated to food and flowers by overjoyed Russian women who
have been under the rule of the Nazis since October, 1941. The fall of
the strong hedgehog defense of the German line was one of the most
spectacular triumphs of the German defensive.
Credit: ACME radiophoto. |
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9-19-43 |
77.09.3780 |
New York Bureau
Blast Damage at Norfolk
Norfolk, Va—Here is the wreckage at Norfolk Naval Air Station, caused
by the blast that shook the base on September 17th. Twenty
five died, 250 were injured and a number of hangars and buildings were
ruined in the explosion and the fire that followed it.
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo from ACME. |
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9-19-43 |
77.09.4513ab |
New York Bureau
Planning Their Route
Somewhere in England – Chatting before their plane at a U.S. Marauder
base somewhere in England, these pilots discuss their plans for a raid
over Axis Europe. Left to right: 1st Lt. Robert W. Wilcox
of Rice Lake, Wisconsin; Capt. Robert C. Fry of Abilene, Texas; and 1st
Lt. Harry W. Uffelman.
Credit: ACME |
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9-20-43 |
77.09.139 |
New York Bureau
Geysers in Hansa Bay
Hansa Bay, New Guinea – Bomb-geysers erupt in Hansa Bay as bombers of
the U.S.A.A.F. attach Jap cargo vessels attempting to land supplies
for their troops on the North coast of New Guinea. Receiving its fifth
hit, the vessel in the foreground is heeling over. Yesterday
(September 19th) Mitchell bombers battered the dock area,
power station and Jap headquarters at Monywa, on the Chidwin River, in
Burma.
Credit (U.S. Army Air Forces Photo from ACME) |
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9-20-43 |
77.09.250.a |
New York Bureau
Oversize Eggs
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND -- When these "eggs" fall in enemy territory,
they really do a job. Each of them tipping the scales at 4000 pounds,
they are carried over Axis Europe by Lancaster bombers of the RAF.
Here, workers check the oversize bombs before loading them onto
Lancasters.
Credit: (ACME) |
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9-20-43 |
77.09.902 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Mrs. Macarthur Greets Mrs. Roosevelt
Somewhere in South Australia—The wives of two of America’s great
leaders met when Mrs. Douglas Macarthur (right) greeted Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt when the latter arrived at an airport somewhere in South
Australia.
Credit: Signal Corps radiotelephoto from ACME. |
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9-20-43 |
77.09.1901 |
New York Bureau
Evacuating Wounded
ITALY – Wounded in fighting on the Italian mainland, American soldiers
are evacuated by N.A.A.F. planes. The planes maintain a shuttle
service, bringing supplies and troops to the front and carrying the
wounded back on return trips.
Credit (Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from Acme) |
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09/20/43 |
77.09.2544 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Open House
Milan—After a heavy attack by allied bombers, inhabitants of Milan set
up “open house in the streets of the industrial city. Furniture
salvaged from bombed buildings, clutters the crowded street. Photo
received through a neutral source.
Credit: OWI Radiophoto via ACME |
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9-20-43 |
77.09.2475 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Bomb-Ravaged Salamaua
Salamaua—This general view of bomb-ravaged Salamaua shows damage done
to the peninsula by our bombs. The truck depot, boat landings, and
main Japanese headquarters are completely destroyed.
Credit: Signal Corps radiotelephoto from ACME. |
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9-20-43 |
77.09.4047.a-b |
New York Bureau
Army-Navy Chiefs Urge Father Draft
Washington, D.C. -- Warning against postponement of the drafting of
fathers, General George C. Marshall and Admiral Ernest J. King
appeared at a joint session of the House and Senate Military Affairs
Committee today. They are shown, at right, as General Marshall warned
that such action would force reduction of combat divisions, cause
casualties to mount unnecessarily, and prolong the whole struggle.
Credit: ACME |
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9-20-43 |
77.09.4467a |
New York Bureau
Flat-Top Celebrates Silver Jubilee
England – Mechanics work on one of the planes in the hanger of the
H.M.S. Argus, British Aircraft Carrier. The flat-top recently
completed 25 years of continuous service with the Royal Navy.
Credit: ACME |
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9-20-43 |
77.09.4468a |
New York Bureau
O.K., RAF, Take ‘Er Away
Somewhere in England – This big baby, which tips the scales at 8,000
pounds and makes a mess of enemy targets when it falls, is very much
of “O.K.” The giant missile is backed up in front of the RAF Lancaster
bomber that will soon carry it away on a night raid over Axis
territory.
Credit: ACME |
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9-21-43 |
77.09.119 |
New York Bureau
Raising the Battleship Oklahoma
This photo, just released by the U.S. Navy, shows the battleship U.S.S.
Oklahoma being raised from the bottom of Pearl Harbor, where the
warship was sunk during the Jap attack. Giant timber frames erected
along the hull have cables running over them and to winches ashore,
which slowly draw the vessel upright.
Credit: (U.S. Navy Photo from ACME) |
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9-21-43 |
77.09.1181 |
NEW GEORGIA ISLAND – Allied wounded are placed in ambulances for
removal from the fighting zone on New Georgia Island. Note mud-caked
wheel of ambulance in foreground. The Japs have been driven from Munda
Point on New Georgia after bloody fighting and only isolated pockets
of resistance remain.
Credit: U.S. Signal Corps photo from ACME |
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9-21-43 |
77.09.2289 |
New York Bureau
Allies Advance Near Salerno
A jeep, (right) loaded with American troops passes a burning Italian
vehicle, as the Allies swept through another town in the Salerno area.
Today, as Allied forces closed in near Naples, Germans are reported to
be looting and killing in that city after setting much of it afire
preparatory to abandoning Naples.
Credit Line (U.S. Signal Corps Newsreel from Acme) |
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9-21-43 |
77.09.2291 |
New York Bureau
Blasting Nazi U-Boat
This photo, released by the U.S. Navy Department today, shows
exploding depth bombs from a U.S. Navy Martin Mariner (PBM) patrol
bomber straddling a German submarine “somewhere in the South
Atlantic.” The disabled U-boat was finished off later by U.S.
destroyers. Prow and conning tower of the sub can be seen just below
the center of smoke column. Part of the plane from which the photo was
taken can be seen in the picture, (top, center). the attack took place
in 1943.
Credit Line (U.S. Navy Photo from Acme) |
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09-21-43 |
77.09.3303 |
New York Bureau
Jungle First Aid
New Georgia Island – Wounded by a grenade, Pvt. Anthony Sorice (left),
is taped up by his brother-in-law, Joseph Alderuccio, (right). Both
men are from New Britain, Conn., and are members of the same infantry
unit on New Georgia Island. Alderuccio and five others carried Sorice
a mile through the jungle before reaching a jeep trail, where they put
in on a jeep for evacuation to the rear, after the Japs were driven
out in bloody fighting at Munda Point, only isolated pockets of
resistance remain.
Credit line (U.S. Signal Corps photo from ACME) |
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9-22-43 |
77.09.1407 |
New York Bureau
Welcome to Our Coop
Italy—As a fresh batch of Italian prisoners is brought into a
temporary prisoner of war camp, their compatriots, taken in previous
battles on the Italian mainland, reach across the barbed wire that
forms the enclosure to welcome them. These Axis fighters were taken
before their country surrendered to the Allies.
Credit: ACME. |
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9-22-43 |
77.09.1409 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
The 8th Army Forges Ahead
An American-built Gen. Sherman tank manned by a crew of the British 8th
Army passes through a road block at Nicastro, Italy, as British forces
pushed their way to the north to join the U.S. 5th Army.
Today, the Allies are closing in on Naples having driven into the last
mountain barrier before the blazing city.
Credit: OWI radiophoto from ACME. |
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9-22-43 |
77.09.1410 |
New York Bureau
Freedom Picnic for Corsicans
This photo, flashed to New York by radio today, shows a group of
French Corsicans as they enjoyed their first meal in Italy after their
liberation from Axis captors by the Allied invasion. Today it was
announced that U.S. Rangers had joined French commando troops in
mopping up the remaining German forces in Corsica. (A British Army
film unit photo).
Credit: OWI radiophoto from ACME. |
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9-22-43 |
77.09.1412 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
“Pep Talk” on the Italian Front
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, (second from left), commander-in-chief of
Allied forces in the North American Theatre; and Lt. Gen. Mark W.
Clark, (second from right), commanding general of the U.S. 5th
Army, confer with two British generals “somewhere on the Italian
front,” in this photo, flashed to the U.S. by radiotelephoto today, as
it was announced the Allies had almost reached Naples.
Credit: U.S. Signal Corps radiotelephoto from ACME. |
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9-22-43 |
77.09.1415 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
As 5th and 8th Armies met in Italy (#1)
Italy—This alert U.S. 5th Army Platoon, (in foreground),
took no chances when they sighted cars filled with what appeared to be
British soldiers driving toward them along this road in Italy. They
blocked the road, their guns ready, and stopped the strangers only to
find they were an advanced patrol of the British 8th Army
which had driven from the south of Italy to meet the American forces
in the Salerno area. Thus, the forces of Gen. Clark and Gen.
Montgomery met. (Also see ACME photo #RW698607).
Credit: U.S. Signal Corps radiotelephoto from ACME. |
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9-22-43 |
77.09.1416 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
As 5th and 8th Armies Met in Italy (#2)
Italy—This alert U.S. 5th Army Platoon, (in foreground), took no
chances when they sighted cars filled with what appeared to be British
soldiers driving toward them along this road in Italy. They blocked
the road, their guns ready, and stopped the strangers only to find
they were an advanced patrol of the British 8th Army which
had driven from the south of Italy to meet the American forces in the
Salerno area, the two groups exchange greetings. (Also see ACME photo
#RW698606).
Credit: U.S. Signal Corps radiotelephoto from ACME. |
