Through the Camera's Eye:
The Allison Collection
of World War II Photographs (continued)
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Gallery 91
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Date
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Image # |
Caption |
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12-20-43 |
77.09.2926 |
FUN FOR THEIR MONEY
NEW GUINEA—Gambling is most definitely “legal” on New Guinea, and Club
Six Four, elegant officers’ club belonging to members of an advanced 5th.
Air Force bombing unit even has its own gambling room. Soldiers crowd
close around the dice table. Ready to win—or lose—some of their Army
pay.
Credit: ACME PHOTO BY THOMAS L. SHAFER, WAR POOL CORRESPONDENT. |
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12-20-43 |
77.09.3156 |
New York Bureau
A Dream Come True
New Guinea – Officers of an advanced bombing unit of the 5th
Air Force labored hard in their spare time, and out of salvaged
materials constructed the most elegant club on New Guinea which boasts
this long bar. They surpassed their goal of creating a club worthy of
the good old U.S.
Credit (ACME photo by Thomas L. Shafer, War Pool correspondent) |
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12-20-43 |
77.09.3667a |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Meager Victory
Russia—After a year of almost steady retreat before the powerful Red
Army, German troops managed to retake a few towns on the central
Russian front. Here, according to German caption accompanying photo,
are Nazi troops as they reentered Zhitomir. Truck in foreground is
supposedly a mobile Red Army office. Radioed from Stockholm this
morning.
Credit: ACME radiophoto. |
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12-21-43 |
77.09.2370 |
RADIO-TELEPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
HAIL THE CONQUERORS!!!
SAN PIETRO, ITALY—Advancing Yanks receive first greeting from a native
woman standing amid a debris-covered street outside her cellar shelter
as they enter San Pietro.
Credit: Signal Corps radiotelephoto from Acme |
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12-22-43 |
77.09.114 |
New York Bureau
War’s Devastation
Italy – Here’s what was left of the town of Mignano when American
troops marched in after pounding out the Germans. Debris clogs every
open area and in many cases it is impossible to tell from the ruins
what a house looked like before it was smashed.
Credit (ACME Photo by Sherman Montrose, War Pool Correspondent)
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12-22-43 |
77.09.1455 |
New York Bureau
She Stuck It Out
Italy—When American troops took over the town of Mignano, they were
surprised to see this old Italian woman emerge from the rubble and
debris that clogged the streets. She had been living in her home
through weeks of shelling and bombing, refusing to be driven from her
few prized possessions. The Germans left the Italians very little when
they evacuated the area, taking everything of value with them.
Credit: ACME photo by Sherman Montrose, War Pool Correspondent. |
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12-22-43 |
77.09.1456 |
New York Bureau
Precious Burden
Mignano, Italy—Walking unsteadily through the ruined streets of
Mignano, this old Italian woman carries a precious burden atop her
head. The three huge slabs of wood, found in the bomb debris that
clutters the town, will be used to provide fuel for her cookstove.
Credit: Photo by Sherman Montrose, ACME photographer for War Picture
Pool. |
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12-22-43 |
77.09.2364 |
NEW YORK BUREAU
WHERE THE RAIN REIGNS
ITALY—In Italy, where the biggest enemy is bad weather, a soggy unit
of U.S. cavalry rides past a shell-torn building on the Italian front.
Allies have been borrowing Italian horses for reconnaissance missions
over narrow, slippery lanes impassable to mechanized vehicles.
Credit: Acme photo by Bert Brandt, for the War Pool via Army
radiotelephoto |
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12-23-43 |
77.09.2927 |
BIG GUN SHARP-SHOOTERS
NEW GUINEA—Australian fighters get eye-witness proof of their
artillery and bombing accuracy, as they inspect Satelberg, village on
New Guinea recently wrested from the Japs. Before seizing the enemy
base, the Aussies subjected it to a terrific pounding from air and
land.
Credit: ACME. |
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12-23-43 |
77.09.4010.a-b |
Soldier Works on Furlough
Muskegon, Michigan -- Home from the Aleutians on furlough, his first
in 18 months, Pfc. William Beckley of Muskegon Heights, Michigan, is
spending it working 16 hours a day at his old job of operating a lift
truck in a foundry. To him, all-out war effort means just that.
Credit: ACME |
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12-23-43 |
77.09.4038.a-b |
New York Bureau
Blimp Rescues Downed Flier - (#1)
Somewhere on the Atlantic - Aviation Mate 3/c Charles J. Schultz,
clings to the pontoon of his overturned Curtiss Observation Plane,
after being forced down “somewhere on the Atlantic”. This photo, just
released in the United States, was taken from the U.S. Navy Blimp
K-89, which dropped a life raft to the flier. The pilot of the plane,
Ensign Arthur Masley, USNR, Batavia, Ill., was trapped in the
overturned craft and killed. (See photo 708044).
Credit: U.S. Navy photo from ACME |
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12-24-43 |
77.09.1339 |
TURKEY IN THE STRAW
LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND—It’s “catch-me-if-you-can” for this poor
bird as he tries to evade a group of Yanks in Londonderry, who are
going after their Christmas Dinner “on the hoof”. Pfc James E. Fuller
of Bothan, Ala., starts up the haystack after the bird, with
assistance from: Pfc Alfred V. Samson, New Bedford, Mass.; Cpl Jesse
C. McConnell, Clayton, Ga.; and Pfc John a Hermanski, Ipswich, Mass.
The boys are Marines.
Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo from Acme |
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12-24-43 |
77.09.2619 |
New York Bureau
Small in Size but Big in Importance
South Pacific – A direct hit by a Jap gun on our beachhead shrouds the
bow of an American LST in smoke as we seize Mono Island in the
Treasury Group, October 27. Backed by long planning, the quick capture
of the Central Solomons Island demonstrated that when Jap forces are
small and ill-prepared, we can move with the same terrorizing speed
that the Nipponese enemy once did. After a terrific bombardment by
U.S. Destroyers, American and New Zealanders killed or captured the
majority of the 200 to 300 Japs within 14 hours.
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo from ACME |
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12-24-43 |
77.09.2620 |
New York Bureau
Jap Aerial Incendiary Bomb
Marshall Islands – The incendiary fingers of an aerial phosphorous
bomb spray out as the Japs attempt to break up formations of 7th
Air Force Liberator Bombers, which are striking daily at Jap bases in
the Marshalls. The bomb burst was photographed from the waist window
of a Liberator, with the silhouette of the bomber’s .50-calibre waist
gun in foreground.
Credit: 7th Army Air Force photo from ACME |
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12-26-43 |
77.09.1733 |
RADIOPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE YANKS
ITALY—The Christmas spirit is not swallowed up in war in Italy,
either, where Sgt. Patsy Di Custanzo, of New York City gives candy to
native youngsters in Caserta. Although goodies are scarce in their
country, the Italian children patiently await their turn for the
Yankee gifts.
Credit: OWI Radiophoto from Acme |
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12-27-43 |
77.09.302 |
New York Bureau
Celebrate Mass of Thanksgiving
NAPLES, ITALY -- Every inch of room in the Cathedral of Naples is
occupied by a thankful populace and soldiers of liberation during a
solemn mass of thanksgiving for the deliverance of Naples, celebrated
October 17, by Allied chaplains of the Fifth Army. In attendance, too,
was Alessio Cardinal Ascalesi, Archbishop of Naples.
Credit (Photo by Charles Seawood, ACME Photographer for the War
Picture Pool) |
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12-27-43 |
77.09.1448 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
German Prisoners in Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia—Partisan detachment of troops, under the command of Tito,
leads a group of German prisoners through a liberated Yugoslavian
village. Villagers stop to stare at their conquered enemies.
Credit: OWI radiophoto from ACME. |
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12-27-43 |
77.09.1905 |
New York Bureau
Offering Thanks for Deliverance of Naples
NAPLES, ITALY – The sanctuary in the Cathedral of Naples, October 17,
when a solemn mass of thanksgiving for the deliverance of Naples was
offered by Allied Chaplains of the Fifth Army. His Emminence, Alessio
Cardinal Ascalesi, Archbishop of Naples, can be seen on the thrown at
left in sanctuary. This is undoubtedly the most colorful ceremony that
members of the Fifth Army will have occasion to attend in Naples.
Credit (Photo by Charles Seawood, Acme Photographer for the War Pool) |
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12-27-43 |
77.09.2554 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Forecasts Victory in 1944
Algiers – Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, recently named to command the
main Allied invasion of Europe, is shown here in this photo flashed to
New York by radio today, as he spoke before members of the Allied
press at the Allied Forces Headquarters today. Gen. Eisenhower flatly
predicted that “we will win the European war in 1944,” at the press
conference. He indicated that he would soon leave Algiers for Britain
to take over his new duties.
Credit: OWI Radiophoto from ACME |
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12-27-43 |
77.09.2562 |
New York Bureau
HE SHOT A NATURAL
SOUTH PACIFIC BASE—Capt. James E. Swett (left) of San Mateo, Calif.,
is congratulated by Maj. Gen. Ralph J. Mitchell, commanding general of
Marine Air Units in the South Pacific, after being awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor at his South Pacific base. Capt. Swett
received the high honor for shooting down seven Jap planes in one
engagement on April 7th this year. This believed to be one
of the greatest demonstrations of aerial marksmanship in World War II.
Since then, Capt. Swett has added five more Jap planes to his score.
Credit Line (US Marine Corp Photo from ACME) |
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12-28-43 |
77.09.226 |
New York Bureau
Don't Lose Your Head
ITALY -- If Allied soldiers forget to keep their heads about them
mentally as they top this rise on the Sangro River firing line, they
are apt to lose them physically. The "Keep off the Skyline" sign is
religiously followed advice, and Gunner L.K. King, of London and Lance
Bombardier T.R. Sleighholme, of Cumberland, two British 8th Army
fighters, duck low to avoid Nazi shells.
Credit: (ACME) |
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12-28-43 |
77.09.1434 |
New York Bureau
Carry On, Mates
A U.S. flying fortress (lower right) is brought to earth, its tail
piece following, as other of the giant planes continue to unleash
bombs over Bremen, Germany. The 8th Army Air Force bombers
leave their contrails in the flak filled sky, where more devastation
goes hurtling downward than is tossed up from Nazi guns.
Credit: U.S. Army Air Force photo from ACME. |
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12-28-43 |
77.09.1435 |
Illegible caption |
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12-28-43 |
77.09.1436 |
New York Bureau
Death of a Flying Fortress
Smoke pouring from its motors and part of its tail assembly shot away,
a flying fortress hurtles from a formation of the big bombers speeding
towards Bremen, Germany. The rest of the U.S. 8th Army Air
Force planes soar onward, for no help can be given the fallen eagle.
Credit: U.S. Army Air Force photo from ACME. |
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12-28-43 |
77.09.1437 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Ready for a “Nice, Friendly Chat.”
Italy—General Mark W. Clark is very interested in these guests. They
are German prisoners-of-war just brought to headquarters and
undoubtedly the Fifth Army Commander will follow the rules of a
successful host and ask questions about his guests’ doings rather than
talk about himself.
Credit: OWI radiophoto from ACME. |
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