Through the Camera's Eye:
The Allison Collection
of World War II Photographs (continued)
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Gallery 79
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Date
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Image # |
Caption |
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10-29-43 |
77.09.3069 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Had a Brief Stay
Russia – Here’s proof that Hitler’s “colonies” are disappearing, one
by one, this photo obtained through neutral sources shows German
colonists being forced to abandon briefly-held farms in Russia by the
push of the Red Army. They are being evacuated in boxcars “to colonies
nearer the homeland,” according to the German caption. Photo radioed
from Stockholm this morning.
Credit: ACME Radiophoto |
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10-29-43 |
77.09.3070 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Nazis Practice Scorched Earth Policy
Russia – The Nazis must remember how effective the Russian scorched
earth policy was when they were advancing so now that they’re
retreating, they’ve decided to do likewise. German sappers are shown
blowing up rail lines as they retreat. According to German caption,
they are placing explosive charges every five meters. Photo radioed
from Stockholm today.
Credit: ACME Radiophoto |
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10-29-43 |
77.09.3071 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Nazi Strip Act
Russia – Stripping the countryside like Japanese beetles would strip a
rose bush, German soldiers remove rails from Russian Territory as they
retreat before the Red Army. They’ll probably be used in Germany to
replace those blown up by well-aimed Allied bombing. Photo radioed
from Stockholm today.
Credit: ACME Radiophoto |
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10-30-43 |
77.09.1024 |
RADIOPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
CAUGHT WITH HIS PANTS DOWN
SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC – This Jap pilot was fished out of the
ocean sans clothing, after he was shot down by an American PT boat.
The torpedo craft’s skipper loaned him this poncho which he wears as
he is ushered to U.S. Navy Headquarters by some tough U.S. fighters.
Credit: OWI Radiophoto from ACME |
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10-30-43 |
77.09.1340 |
WAR-WISE POOCH
SOMEWHERE IN ITALY—“Il Duce”, who accompanies his master Lt. Eugene
Phillips, of Royston, Ga., into battle, is a foxy fox-hole dweller
these days, for he previously lost part of his ear in battle. The
mascot knows enough to keep his head down and peer cautiously over the
edge of the shelter, in Italy, as a result of the injury which has won
him the recommendation of a Purple Heart award. “Il Duce” bears the
honorary rank of Second Lieutenant for his sterling qualities of a
soldier he possesses in spite of being found in a German-Italian
legation in North Africa.
Credit: Acme photo by Bert Brandt, War Pool Correspondent, via U.S.
Army Signal Corps radiotelephoto |
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10-30-43 |
77.09.3072 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Evacuate Kiev
Russia – Photo radioed from Stockholm this morning shows civilians
being evacuated from the Eastern portion of a Russian city which is
not identified in the German caption. However, because the district
where the Nazis are taking up defensive positions against the Red Army
borders on a river, city is believed to be Kiev.
Credit: ACME Radiophoto |
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10-30-43 |
77.09.3073 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Germans Barricade Kiev
Russia – Photo just radioed from Stockholm shows a Russian city, not
identified by the German caption, but which is probably Kiev, as it
has been prepared by Nazis for Red Army onslaught. The Eastern portion
of the city has become a front zone and had been barricaded.
Barricades are trespassable only by persons with permits.
Credit: ACME Radiophoto |
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11-1-43 |
77.09.2332 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
1,500 ALLIES ON THE WAY HOME
MORMUGOA, PORTUGUESE INDIA—The Japanese exchange ship, Teta Maru,
docks at the port of Mormugoa, Portuguese India, with 1,500 Allied
internees, including 1,100 American nationals on board. The former
prisoners line the rails for a glimpse of the land which represents
the beginning of freedom.
Credit: Acme |
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11-1-43 |
77.09.2397 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
TOP BOMBER GUNNER GETS 7 JAPS IN ONE SCRAP
CHINA—T/Sgt. Arthur Benko, Bisbee Arizona, has cause to grin, even
though he has a slight hand wound being bandaged by Capt. James Maher,
adjutant of the heavy bomber group in China. Benko, member of the
group, shot down seven Jap Zeros in one fight, bringing his score to
16 confirmed Zeros downed. This makes him leading bomber gunner of the
China, India, Burma Theatre—and perhaps in the world.
Credit: Acme |
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11-01-43 |
77.09.2793 |
New York Bureau
On Their Way to Freedom
Portuguese, India – The sight of Mormugoa, Portuguese India,
represents the end of nightmarish confinement in Japan to these 1,500
allied internees arriving on the Jap exchange ship Teia Maru. Among
the exchange prisoners crowding the rails are 1,100 American
Nationals.
Credit Line (ACME) |
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11-01-43 |
77.09.3454 |
New York Bureau
Wood and Canvas Barges to Carry 200 tons
Alexandria, Egypt – With materials sent from America, local labor at
Alexandria fashions a new type of naval lighter, constructed entirely
of wood and canvas. The flat-bottomed barge will carry 200 tons of
cargo.
Credit line (ACME) |
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11-1-43 |
77.09.3663a |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
All-Purpose Nazi Uniform
Russia—Photo radioed this morning from Stockholm shows two Nazi
soldiers posing in new winter uniform which German caption said was
designed from experience of past two winters in Russia. It is
reversible—one side white for snowy territory and the other brown for
muddy ground—which is claimed good camouflage. Bulky uniform, besides
being warm, might also have been designed to stop Nazi army from
running away so fast.
Credit: ACME radiophoto. |
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11-2-43 |
77.09.892 |
New York Bureau
Aerial Guinea Pigs
Dayton, Ohio—Bundled up in cold weather gear and wearing oxygen masks,
men at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, have their high-altitude reaction
tested in the aero-medical laboratory. Relentless experiments to
conquer the mysteries of upper-air flying are constantly being carried
out in this laboratory.
Credit: U.S. Army official photo from ACME |
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11-2-43 |
77.09.1054 |
RADIOPHOTO
WASHINGTON BUREAU
FIRST AMERICAN WOUNDED REPATRIATED FROM GERMANY
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fourteen wounded American soldiers, the first to be
repatriated from Germany under an agreement for the exchange of sick
and wounded prisoners, arrived by plane at the National Airport and
were immediately transferred to Walter Reed Hospital. Shown in the
ambulance at the airport-left to right: Sgt. Edwin N. Nelson,
Marshall, Minn.; Pvt. Robert M. Scott, Greensboro, N.C.; Staff Sgt.
Lester F. Miller, Hartford, CT.; Tech. Sgt. John H. Gardner, Yoakum,
Texas; Staff Sgt. Norman C. Goodwin, Bradford, Mass.; Tech. Sgt. Frank
J. Bartnicki, Baltimore, MD.; and Pfc. Herbert L. Ehrich, Brooklyn,
N.Y.
Credit: U.S. Army photo via OWI Radiophoto from ACME |
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11-2-43 |
77.09.1057 |
RADIOPHOTO
WASHINGTON BUREAU
FIRST AMERICAN WOUNDED REPATRIATED FROM GERMANY
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fourteen wounded American soldiers, the first to be
repatriated from Germany under an agreement for the exchange of sick
and wounded prisoners, arrived by plane at the National Airport and
were immediately transferred to Walter Reed Hospital. Staff Sgt.
August E. Tornow, of Springfield, Ore., (center) lights a cigarette
for Corporal Rodney M. Graham, (left) of Atoka, Okla., as Tech Sgt.
John H. Gardner, Yoakum, Texas, (right) looks on.
Credit: U.S. Army photo via OWI Radiophoto from ACME |
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11-2-43 |
77.09.1979 |
New York Bureau
Returning Naples to Normalcy
NAPLES, ITALY – A group of 5th Army Unites States troops
are held up in Naples as a labor group clears away debris of bomb
wreckage from the streets of the city.
Credit (PWB Photo from OWI via Acme) |
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11-2-43 |
77.09.1980 |
New York Bureau
Cleaning up Naples
NAPLES, ITALY – Working with crane and dump trucks, Allied engineers
clear away debris from bombed buildings in Naples. The work of
rehabilitating the city goes on while fighting Allied troops push on
to the north.
Credit (PWB Photo from OWI via Acme) |
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11-2-43 |
77.09.1981 |
New York Bureau
Returning Naples to Normalcy
NAPLES, ITALY – A bulldozer scrapes the debris from the streets of
Naples as citizens looks on. The rubble silently testifies to the
havoc wrought by war.
Credit (PWB Photo from OWI via Acme) |
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11-2-43 |
77.09.1982 |
New York Bureau
Cleaning up Naples
NAPLES, ITALY – Working with crane and dump trucks, Allied engineers
clear away debris from bombed buildings in Naples. The work of
rehabilitating the city goes on while fighting Allied troops push on
to the north.
Credit (PWB Photo from OWI via Acme) |
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11-2-43 |
77.09.2343 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
NEAPOLITAN PRODUCE MARKET SCENE
Shortly after Allied forces entered Naples, AMG encouraged natives to
bring all kinds of vegetables and fruits from nearby villages. All
available transportation, from hand-pushed carts to old, broken-down
trucks hauled produce and helped relieve immediate food shortage,
while bread was still not available. A maximum price was established
on everything to avoid black market. Carts traveled most populated
streets and were sold out immediately, necessitating two or three
trips a day.
Credit: Acme |
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11-2-43 |
77.09.2345 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
TROUBADOR REVIVES SPIRIT OF NAPLES
Recently released photo shows the resurgent spirit of Neapolitans,
who, despite shortage of restaurants there, maintain the old romantic
spirit. Shown here is an old ballad singer, a reminder of the former
gay old tourism times, entertaining sweethearts as they wait for their
meal of black spaghetti; a little fish and good, coarse red wine.
Credit: Acme |
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11-2-43 |
77.09.2346 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
PHOTOS ON SECOND NAPLES BLAST
This photo, just released in the United States, was taken three days
after a German time bomb demolished a corner of the post office in
Naples, when another Nazi-planted land mine exploded under a wing of
an artillery barracks in Naples, where hundreds of American
paratroopers were quartered. Some 1,000 pounds of dynamite cached deep
underground blew up killing more than 40 soldiers. Here, amid the
ruins, soldiers and civilians work feverishly to rescue any living
buried beneath the collapsed three floors of the barracks.
Credit: Acme |
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11-2-43 |
77.09.2347.a |
NEW YORK BUREAU
NEAPOLITAN WATER-BOYS
Natives of very class and age form queue, with old-looking little and
big bottles, as they wait patiently for water. U.S. Engineers, shortly
after entering Naples, handle distribution of water and established
great reservoirs of disinfected water. Near riot scenes of the first
days are passed, and Neapolitans now wait patiently with much
good-humor enjoyed during half-hour wait before distribution takes
place.
Credit: Acme |
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11-2-43 |
77.09.2348.a |
NAPLES FIGHTS NAZI TERRORISM
This series of photos, just released in the United States, tells the
graphic story of the German rape and pillage of Naples, how they
killed Neapolitans just because they were Italians, and how Nazi
demolition squads razed buildings and beautiful landmarks of no
military value—but to create another blackened and twisted monument to
German terrorism and vengeance. But Naples fought back and many young
Italians—some only 14 years old—brought out firearms that they had
kept hidden and, for three days before the Allies captured the city,
kept up guerilla battles against the Germans. These young lads, who
were members of an anti-Fascist organization led by one Antonio Tarsia,
killed as many as 30 Germans each day by ambushing them and sniping
from rooftops. The fighting, however, was one-sided in the face of the
superior numbers of the Germans. About 2,000 citizens of Naples were
shot down in the streets or in their homes just because they happened
to be Italians.
NEW YORK BUREAU
Smoke begins to cover Naples as the Nazis worked with terrible fervor
to destroy buildings and installations in the face of the advancing
Allied 5th Army.
Credit: Acme |
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11-2-43 |
77.09.2349.a |
NAPLES FIGHTS NAZI TERRORISM
This series of photos, just released in the United States, tells the
graphic story of the German rape and pillage of Naples, how they
killed Neapolitans just because they were Italians, and how Nazi
demolition squads razed buildings and beautiful landmarks of no
military value—but to create another blackened and twisted monument to
German terrorism and vengeance. But Naples fought back and many young
Italians—some only 14 years old—brought out firearms that they had
kept hidden and, for three days before the Allies captured the city,
kept up guerilla battles against the Germans. These young lads, who
were members of an anti-Fascist organization led by one Antonio Tarsia,
killed as many as 30 Germans each day by ambushing them and sniping
from rooftops. The fighting, however, was one-sided in the face of the
superior numbers of the Germans. About 2,000 citizens of Naples were
shot down in the streets or in their homes just because they happened
to be Italians.
NEW YORK BUREAU
Three youthful snipers, who carry their weapons in an easy and
experienced manner, are ready to set out on a Nazi-slaying hunt. The
lad at right, wear a combat helmet and has a bandaged left hand.
Credit: Acme |
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