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

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Gallery 9

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8/3/42

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These photos of New Zealanders in the Battle of Egypt were taken by official photographers during action on the El Alamein front. Fierce New Zealand troops have joined other United Nations forces on the fighting front, and have done much to stem the Axis march toward Alexandria, large British Naval base in Egypt. These are said to be the first pictures of New Zealanders participating in the Western Desert campaign during June and July, 1942.
New York Bureau
Low-flying fighter planes patrols New Zealand columns as they leave Mersa Matruh bound for Minqar Qaim to make contact with the enemy. Only once, at the beginning of this campaign, was the transport bombed.
Credit Line (ACME)

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In a picture taken from a rescue ship, crewmen are shown rigging ladders over the side of their ship as they approach a torpedoed and burning tanker, the latest victim of Jap sub warfare off the Pacific Coast.

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Picture of Australian troops and tanks, in African desert warfare, arrived in New York today simultaneously with announcement that Australian troops...were storming the Italian Fort Bardia.

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Blow, Blow, Blow
Somewhere in Tunisia—Given permission to blow their bassoons and make music to cheer their captured, war-weary comrades, these Nazi prisoners are wondering if it really was an ill wind that blew them into Allied hands. Life as a prisoner of the United Nations doesn’t seem half as bad as their Fuehrer painted it. A complete brass band was captured during the battle of Tunisia.

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