Through the Camera's Eye:
The Allison Collection
of World War II Photographs (continued)
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Gallery 88
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Date
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Image # |
Caption |
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12-8-43 |
77.09.2642 |
New York Bureau
Swift Medical Care for Wounded
Hawaii: An ATC C-54 Hospital Plane takes aboard the first American
casualties from the Makin Island invasion, who have just arrived from
the newly-won Central Pacific base.
Credit: ACME |
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12-8-43 |
77.09.2643 |
New York Bureau
An Old Airways Custom
Hawaii: Lt. Col. James Roosevelt, left, observer in the Makin
Campaign, watches his “Short-Snorter” Bill being signed, after
arriving on ATC Hospital Plane at Hickam Field, T.H.
Credit: ACME |
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12-9-43 |
77.09.200 |
New York Bureau
Bombs Fall on Northern Italy
Bombs, (lower center in photo), from Flying Fortresses of the U.S.
Army Air Forces, fall toward the railway yards and bridges of Bolzano,
Italy, during a recent raid on the city which is only 40 miles south
of the famous Brenner Pass into Germany. Hits on transportation
facilities impaired movement of troops and supplies from Germany to
Italy.
Credit: (U.S. Army Air Forces Photo from ACME) |
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12-9-43 |
77.09.1347 |
SAN FRANCISCO BUREAU
DISPLAY OF CAPTURED SOUVENIRS
MAKIN ISLAND—Back from the battle front with their captured souvenirs
are the men of the 165th Infantry, the old “Fighting 69th”.
Pictured are a Japanese flag and Japanese marine insignia taken at
[illegible] grove, Makin Island.
Credit: Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo from Acme |
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12-9-43 |
77.09.1457 |
New York Bureau
“Flak Garden” Doesn’t Stop Fortresses
This photo, just released in the United States, shows a formation of
flying fortresses of the U.S. Army Air Forces, as they passed through
clouds of bursting anti-aircraft shells, on their way to bomb the Nazi
communications center at Munster, Germany, last Armistice Day.
Credit: U.S. Army Air Forces photo from ACME. |
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12-9-43 |
77.09.1458.a |
Conversation Piece in Italy
A trio of Yanks discuss the fortunes of war by a bomb crater behind
the front lines in Italy. Left to Right are: Cpl. F.C. Griffith,
Mansfield, Texas; Pfc. Doc Owens, Meigs, Ga.; and Pvt. Eldon D. Long,
Dallas, Texas.
Credit (ACME) |
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12-9-43 |
77.09.2640 |
New York Bureau
Mapped Jap Territory
South Pacific – These four U.S. Army Engineers, wear the camouflage
suits in which they recently landed on a Jap-held island in the South
Pacific, made a 200-mile trip through the island’s jungles, and
escaped with material for vital maps and charts. Left to right, are:
T/4 John Cahill, of Whitefish Bay, Wis.; T/Sgt. Harold H. Hulseberg,
Chicago, Ill.; T/4 Joseph G. Barbre, New Roads, LA.; and T/5 Robert D.
Miller, of Weldon, Iowa. (Passed by Censors)
Credit: ACME |
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12-10-43 |
77.09.1341 |
[Mostly illegible caption]
ITALY—You don’t need to ask a unit of Japanese infantry in Italy what
they think of the Axis. Daily, they have been giving their lives for
Uncle Sam in rough mountain action against the Germans. The U.S. Army
unit, which is made up of men who are…theater. Before Pearl
Harbor…were in the National Guard in Hawaii, and now they are putting
their training to work for America. These photos were taken during a
breathing spell when the fighting Japanese-Americans waged continuous
warfare for eight days running.
NEW YORK BUREAU
Pfc. Isami Tsuda eagerly scans the Honolulu Star bulletin of August 31
for news of home. Not until the Japanese-Americans pulled out of the
fighting line for a rest were they able to get any news or mail from
their homes. It was the first they’d received since landing in Italy.
Credit: Acme |
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12-10-43 |
77.09.1485 |
Even the Children Helped
CORSICA—Proudly bearing the tricolor of France which he rescued from a
ruined building, a youngster of Bastia parades past a pile of wrecked
German Machines on the quayside. Young and old helped to bout the Nazi
invader from the island of Corsica, and the victory over the Germans
was one of the people.
Credit: OWI photo from ACME. |
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12-10-43 |
77.09.2629 |
New York Bureau
Yanks Blast Madang
New Guinea – Low-flying B-25s run over the target and fairly skim the
water of the bay at Madang, New Guinea, where columns of black smoke
in the background mark destruction caused by American B-24s on
Alexishafen. The black puff of smoke in the center of the photo is
from enemy ack-ack.
Credit: ACME |
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12-10-43 |
77.09.2632 |
New York Bureau
Simple When You Know How
Pacific – A Fiji islander, who is determined to blow in the New Year
for the Yanks, huffs and puffs but gets only a squawk from the bugle,
in spite of the expert tutelage of an American bugler.
Credit: Yank photo from ACME |
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12-10-43 |
77.09.2637 |
Back from Madang
South Pacific – After taking part in an American raid on Madang, New
Guinea, in the Bomber “Buzzin Buzzard,” the crew lines up at the nose
of their plane. (Top row, left to right): Pilot, Lt. George L.
Barnaskey, of Tuckahoe, N.Y.; Co-pilot, Flight Officer Edward V.
Stefanowsky, of Superior, Wisc.; Top Gunner Sgt. Harold C. Bridges, of
Seattle, Wash.; Navigator-Bombardier Lt. Jack D. Moon, of Lubbock,
Texas. (Kneeling, left to right) Radio Operator and Tail Gunner Staff
Sgt. Wayland R. Anderson, of Pontiac, Mich.; Myron H. Davies, Life
Correspondent, and Waist Gunner Sgt. William T. Strickland, of
Richmond, Calif.
Credit: ACME |
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12-10-43 |
77.09.2684.a |
New York Bureau
Only Hate For Hirohito
JAPAN—These few U.S. Army Japanese are all that remain of a platoon
that accomplished its mission of securing an Italian road junction
ably defended by enemy machine guns. After successfully flanking their
objective, they were attacked by an enemy tank and the platoon leader
was the first man killed. Continuing the attack under their sergeant,
the fighters knocked out the tank with a bazooka and shot the escaping
crew. Then, under heavy fire, they attacked the machine gun positions,
killing the German gunners and securing the position with a heavy loss
of their own.
Credit: ACME |
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12-10-43 |
77.09.2685.a |
New York Bureau
Only Hate For Hirohito
JAPAN—A package of rice sent all the way from Honolulu draws amazed
cheers from the U.S. Army Japs in their bivouac as mail arrives.
Credit: ACME |
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12-11-43 |
77.09.1402 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Hunting the Same Prey
Italy—An American officer points out the positions of German forces to
an Italian commander whose unit has joined Allied fighters in Italy.
Lt. Col. Andrew Price, of Fort Worth, Texas, is at left. Today, an
Italian general whose troops are fighting alongside American and
British units in the Mignano sector charged that the Nazis are
executing. All captured Italian officers are traitors.
Credit: ACME radiophoto, by Sherman Montrose, War Pool Correspondent,
via U.S. Army Signal Corps radiotelephoto. |
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12-11-43 |
77.09.1444 |
New York Bureau
No Excursion, This
Italy—Italian soldiers are living up to the “Rome or Death” slogan
lettered on their vehicle which travels to the front. Fighting
alongside British and American troops, they hate the Germans as
strongly as the Allies and with good reason, for an Italian general
reports that the Nazis kill all the native soldiers they capture,
calling them traitors.
Credit: Signal Corps radiotelephoto from ACME. |
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12-11-43 |
77.09.1489 |
New York Bureau
Blowing Up Morale
BERLIN—German workers stand around looking glum as a Nazi military
band gives an impromptu, morale-boosting concert, outside a large
factory that suffered serious damage in the recent bombings of Berlin.
Photo, radioed to New York today (Dec. 11th), was obtained
through a neutral source.
Credit Line (ACME Radiophoto) |
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12-13-43 |
77.09.1101 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
”SUPERMEN” OF THE EAST AND WEST
SINGAPORE – Two Japanese officers lead a party of German soldiers on a
sight-seeing tour of the great Jap naval base at Singapore. Base is
under the command of General Yamashita and a number of Nazi soldiers
are stationed there, forming part of the garrison at the former
British “Gibraltar of the East.”
Credit: ACME |
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12-13-43 |
77.09.1490 |
New York Bureau
Famous Berlin Church Damaged
BERLIN—One of the unavoidable casualties in the all-out allied
bombings of Berlin is the Kaiser Wilhelmgedaechtnis Kirche (memorial
church), massive Gothic church, on the city’s famed Kurfirstendam, The
tall Spires remain standing and most of the damage seems to have been
done to the main roof and windows. Photo received by radio from
Stockholm this morning.
Credit Line (ACME Radiophoto) |
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12-13-43 |
77.09.1589 |
New York Bureau
Berlin Air Raid Warden
BERLIN—A young girl, obviously still in her teens who is probably on
of Berlin’s hastily enrolled air raid wardens, rides through the
city’s blitzed streets on a bicycle the morning after an all-out
Allied raid. She is equipped with a helment, gas mask and overalls.
Note Swastika on her arm and pile of debris in the background. Photo
received through a neutral source.
Credit: ACME. |
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12-13-43 |
77.09.1858 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
WARTIME “GONDOLA” IN VENICE
The historic beauty of Venice’s canals, had been marked by the
grimness of war and here in this photo from a neutral source, a German
gunboat can be seen anchored near the Doge’s Palace in Venice,
alongside a gondola (right foreground) waiting for hire.
Credit: Acme |
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12-13-43 |
77.09.1870 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
“BARHAM” GOES UP IN SMOKE
MEDITERRANEAN—Huge clouds of black smoke mark the watery grave of the
31,100-ton British battleship “Barham,” which blew up when hit by four
enemy torpedoes off the Libyan coast on Nov. 25th, 1941.
The vessel sank 4 minutes and 45 seconds after the first torpedo
entered her side. Only 303 of her complement of 1172 men were saved.
Photo, which was just released by the censor, was made from an
Australian destroyer.
Credit: Acme |
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12-13-43 |
77.09.2631 |
New York Bureau
New Guinea Counter Man
New Guinea – Easily taking to the complexities of modern life, Fuzzy-Wuzzies,
natives of New Guinea, handle the jobs of cashier and waiters with
ease. Gudu Udau works the cash register while other natives wait for
change. The picturesque Fuzzy-Wuzzies also help carry supplies,
wounded and ammunition through the jungle.
Credit: ACME |
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12-13-43 |
77.09.3096 |
San Francisco Bureau
#3 – Pillar of Smoke Marks Grave of Jap Plane
All that was left of one of 72 enemy planes shot down in the December
4 U.S. aircraft carrier task force raid on the Marshall Islands was
this tall column of smoke and a little debris where the Jap torpedo
bomber hit the water after being blasted by an aircraft carrier’s
anti-aircraft guns. At left is a U.S. destroyer which was escorting
the carrier.
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo from ACME |
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12-13-43 |
77.09.3097 |
San Francisco Bureau
#2 – Splash and Roar as Jap Plane Hits Water
What was one of 72 enemy planes shot down in the December 4 U.S.
aircraft carrier task force raid on the Marshall Islands, a Jap
torpedo, explodes with a mighty roar of flame and smoke and water as
hit hits the sea after being bagged by anti-aircraft fire. The bomber
was one of six which tried to hit an American carrier. All were
knocked down.
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo from ACME |
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