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1-18-44 |
77.09.172 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Funeral Pyre for Prisoners
SOMEWHERE IN ITALY -- This burning truck became a funeral pyre for
German prisoners of war, who were riding into captivity when the truck
was bombed and strafed by Nazi planes. The body of one of the
prisoners who tried to escape from the flaming truck can be seen at
lower left.
Credit (U.S. Signal Corps Radiotelephoto - ACME) |
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01-18-44 |
77.09.1256 |
Taps For Good
New York Bureau
SOLOMONS—While Taps sound for him the last time, a group of fighting
men pay their respects to a fallen buddy somewhere in the Solomons.
A stretcher lies over his grave and on the faces of the saluting men
is written the realization that there will be no road back for him.
Credit: Official US NAVY Photo from ACME |
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1-18-44 |
77.09.1691 |
RADIOPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
PRISONERS SMILE
SOMEWHERE IN ITALY—A French girl ambulance driver, serving with the
Fifth Army in Italy, wins a smile from these captured German warriors
taken by French troops. Forsaken by their comrades, the Nazis
appreciate the kind treatment given them by Allied mercy workers.
Photo radioed from Algiers today (Jan. 18th).
Credit: Acme Radiophoto |
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1-18-44 |
77.09.1710 |
RADIOTELEPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
DEATH ON THE ROAD TO ROME
CERASUOLO, ITALY—His fleeing comrades left this German soldier to be
buried by the Allies, as the Nazis beat a hurried retreat in the
Cerasuolo area. The dead German was found by Lt. Col. H. I. Ketchum
(left) of Abbottsford, Wisc., and Captain R. L. Johnson, of a field
artillery battalion, who were on a reconnaissance mission.
Credit: Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from Acme |
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01-18-44 |
77.09.2735 |
New York Bureau
General Cools his Dawgs
New Britain – Major General W.H. Rupertus has a sure-fire cure for
aching feet. After a hard day of tramping about the New Britain front
with his troops, he treats his barking dawgs to a cool sea water bath
– getting rid of the mud he collected on his tour.
Credit Line –WP—(ACME photo by Frank Prist, Jr for the War Picture
Pool) |
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1-18-44 |
77.09.3126 |
New York Bureau
Well, They Tried….
NEW BRITAIN – A group of leathernecks looks down at the bodies of Jap
soldiers who tried to hold their pill box at all cost in the battle
for Cape Gloucester. The enemy fighters were made to pay the price by
our convincing 75mm Howitzers.
Credit: ACME photo by Frank Prist Jr. for the War Picture Pool
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01-18-44 |
77.09.3127 |
New York Bureau
Another Zero Bites the Dust
At Sea – Ack-ack scored another hit when an attacking Jap zero missed
its American target and was sent down to a watery grave. Only a thin
column of smoke in the distance is left of the enemy war bird, one of
63 downed by a carrier task force in the American assault on Rabaul on
November 11, 1943.
Credit line (Official U.S. Navy photo from ACME) |
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01-18-44 |
77.09.3128 |
New York Bureau
End of a Zero
At Sea – One bright blast of flame above the flight deck of a U.S.
carrier marks the spot where a stricken Jap zero exploded as it hit
the water, brought down by one of the flat-top. In an American
carrier task force that raided Rabaul on November 11, 1943. This was
one of 63 enemy airships picked from the skies by the task force’s
sharp eyed ack-ack gunners.
Credit line (Official U.S. Navy photo from ACME) |
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01-18-44 |
77.09.3138 |
New York Bureau
Tanks Lead the Way
New Britain – With their tanks spitting fire as they lead our fighters
into the babble for Cape Gloucester airfield, hunched Leathernecks
follow close behind to take care of all Jap snipers who might be in
nearby trees. Battle smoke begins to cloud the fighting field as the
boys creep past a large bomb crater made by our raiders before the big
push.
Credit line –WP- (ACME photo by Frank Prist, Jr for the War Picture
Pool) |
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01-18-44 |
77.09.3139 |
New York Bureau
Sloppy Trip
Cape Gloucester, New Britain – Only their rifles and ammunition stay
dry as these Marines push ahead through Cape Gloucester’s jungle
swamps and streams. Making their way to the front lines after
landing at the Cape, the fighting Leathernecks had to take miles and
miles of this sloppy terrain in their stride before their job was
done.
Credit line is not shown |
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01-18-44 |
77.09.3140 |
New York Bureau
Bye, Bye, Zero
At Sea – One puff of thick black smoke marks the watery grave of a Jap
zero, shot down along with 63 other enemy planes during a savage
counter attack on the U.S. task force that raided Rabaul on November
11, 1943. Destroying that great number of war birds, our carrier task
force demonstrated its power – proving that outfits of this kind pack
a tremendous wallop.
Credit line (Official U.S. Navy photo from ACME) |
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1-18-44 |
77.09.3950 |
Radiophoto
New York Bureau
In Wake of Argentine Earthquake
Argentina—A group of survivors claw amid the ruins of the
once-beautiful city of San Juan, Argentina, seeking loved ones beneath
the huge piles of debris left by Saturday’s earthquake. Note cars that
evidently had been parked on the street which is completely
undistinguishable from other areas. In Buenos Aires, it was estimated
that 10,000 were injured and 15,000 to 20,000 missing in the city and
its environs. Not more than 20 houses are left standing in the ancient
capital.
Credit: ACME radiophoto. |
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1-18-44 |
77.09.3895 |
New York Bureau
AWARDED THREE MEDALS FOR 100-DAY TREK
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A 100-day trek through an enemy-held jungle, after he
was shot down by a Jap plane over Rabaul, brought three decorations
for Major Arthur L. Post (left) of Milwaukee, Wisc. Bringing back
valuable information when he finally reached Yank headquarters, Major
Post was cited by Lt. Gen. Kenney and awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross, the Flying Cross, and the Air Medal. Here, Brig. Gen.
L.S. Kuter, acting Chief of the Air Staff, congratulates the flying
hero.
Credit Line (ACME) |
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1-19-44 |
77.09.168 |
New York Bureau
Headed For Davy Jones' Locker
NORTH ATLANTIC -- Here is the Army freighter Nevada, pictured during
her last few moments from the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Comanche.
The Comanche managed to rescue 29 survivors from the sinking ship
which went down during a violent gale off the North Atlantic Coast
last month. Thirty-four men were lost, including the Nevada's
commanding officer, Captain George P. Turiga of Beacon, N.Y.
Credit: (Official Coast Guard Photo - ACME) |
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1-19-44 |
77.09.913 |
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, comm-in-chief Allied forces Southwest Pacific
area, meets representatives of 5 different American Indian tribes in
one U.S. Army unit. Left to right: S/Sgt. Virgil Brown (Pima),
Phoenix, Ariz.; Sgt. Virgil F. Howell (Pawnee), Pawnee, Okla.; S/Sgt
Alvin J. Viloan (Chitmatcha), Charenton, LA.; General Macarthur; Sgt.
Byron L. Tsignine (Navajo), Ft. Defiance, Ariz.; Sgt. Larry L. Dekin
(Navajo), Copper Mine Ariz. (U.S. Signal Corps Photo). |
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1-19-44 |
77.09.925 |
Chicago Bureau
Five Indian Tribesmen Meet a Chief
Somewhere in the Southwest Pacific—Gen. Douglas Macarthur,
Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific, meets
representatives of five different American Indian tribes in one U.S.
Army unit. S/Sgt. Virgil Brown (Pima), Phoenix, Ariz.; Sgt. Virgil F.
Howell (Pawnee), Pawnee, Okla.; S/Sgt Alvin J. Viloan (Chitmatcha),
Charenton, LA.; General Macarthur; Sgt. Byron L. Tsignine (Navajo),
Ft. Defiance, Ariz.; Sgt. Larry L. Dekin (Navajo), Copper Mine Ariz.
(U.S. Signal Corps Photo). |
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1-19-44 |
77.09.1586 |
New York Bureau
Taking the “Rail” Out of :Railroad”
ITALY—Allied Engineers ripped this railroad up and built a road for
the advance against the German at Mt. Porchia and Mt. Trocchio. Here,
American troops utilize dugouts built by the Germans. Rails and ties
from the railroad lie along the right bank. Today, the Allies crossed
the vital Garigliano River setting up a strong bridge head on the
North bank.
Credit: U.S. SIGNAL CORP RADIOTELEPHOTO from ACME. |
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1-19-44 |
77.09.1587.a |
New York Bureau
Bits of Food – Her Dinner
SAN PIETRO, ITALY—An aged Italian grandmother beated amid the ruins of
her home in San Pietro, separates bits of food from dust and rubble,
trying to gather enough for a meal. San Pietro was the scene of some
of the bloodiest fighting of the whole Italian campaign. Today, Allied
troops have crossed the Garigliano River and have set up a solid
bridgehead on the north bank.
Credit: ACME PHOTO by Bert Brandt for the War Picture Pool via Army
Radiotelephoto. |
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1-19-44 |
77.09.1588 |
New York Bureau
Doughnuts for a Roosevelt
ITALY—Col. Elliott Roosevelt, (far left), son of President Roosevelt,
is served doughnuts and coffee near the front in Italy by American Red
Cross girls.
Credit: RED CROSS PHOTO thru OWI RADIOTELEPHOTO. |
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1-19-44 |
77.09.1606 |
New York Bureau
Scavenger Hunt
BERLIN—Residents of Berlin are trying to salvage everything possible
from the bombed ruins of the German capital. According to German
caption accompanying this photo, radioed from Stockholm this morning,
the salvagers concentrate on doors, windows, iron beams, bathtubs,
washtubs, furnaces and stoves which can be used in repairable houses
or as scrap. Here a group of Berliners are looking over a batch of
salvaged stoves.
Credit: ACME RADIOPHOTO. |
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01-19-44 |
77.09.2766 |
New York Bureau
Load Cape Gloucester Wounded
New Britain - - U.S. Coast Guardsmen, who’ve just finished the bow
doors of this Coast Guard manned LST (Landing Ship, Tanks) beached at
Cape Gloucester, New Britain, now loan wounded onto the ship from
ambulances backed up to the loading ramp. The LST’s officers’
wardroom was converted into an emergency hospital.
Credit (U.S. Coast Guard photo) |
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1-19-44 |
77.09.3972.a-b |
Chicago Bureau
Wounded Flown to U.S. Hospitals
Flight Nurse Second Lieut. Kathleen Davis, First Troop Carrier
Command, School of Air Evacuation, sees that patients are comfortable
in plane during the first mass air evacuation of wounded in the U.S.
Flight was from an Eastern port to inland Army general hospitals. The
sergeant (standing) is a surgical technician.
Credit: Army photo from ACME. |
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1-20-44 |
77.09.16 |
Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
French Engineers Repair Road
Italy – French Army Engineers of the Allied 5th Army, clear
dirt and debris from a road in Italy bombed by the Germans in an
attempt to block the Allied advance. Today, it was announced that 5th
Army troops had captured the important communications center of
Minturno, North of the Garigliano River.
Credit: (ACME photo via Army Radiotelephoto) |
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1-20-44 |
77.09.92 |
New Leg for Crippled Veteran
Mare Island, Calif. – S.C. Blankenship, ship cock 3/C of Alum Creek,
Va., tries out his new, temporary artificial leg, watched by Matt
Lawrence, in charge of the artificial limb department at the Mare
Island, Calif., U.S. Naval Hospital. A plastic and steel limb will
replace this temporary one, fitted to Blankenship barely six weeks
after he lost his own leg from action on Vella Lavella.
Credit: (ACME) |
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1-20-44 |
77.09.154 |
New York Bureau
British Practice “Blind” on Enemy Mines
Italy – A device called the “Moascar Stocks” – a fence with
burlap-shielded holes for arms – enables British fighters to “get the
feel” of enemy mines they might have to dissemble in the dark.
Instructors watch the hands of their students of the four-day school
in Italy.
Credit: (ACME) |
