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

Date      

Image #

Caption

1-24-44

77.09.3

New York Bureau
Short cut to Rome
Italy – In this photo flashed to the United States by Radiotelephoto today, American Army light tanks stop far inland from the beachheads captured by the Allies in their “shortcut” landings south of Rome. Reason for the halt (above) are the concrete barriers (center background) put up the enemy. Today, it was announced that Allied Forces have driven four miles inland and are less than 30 miles from Rome. They have still encountered little resistance from the Germans.
Credit: (U.S. Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from ACME)

1-24-44

77.09.4

New York Bureau
New Bridge for Old
Capua, Italy – When the Germans retreated across the Volturno River recently, they destroyed every bridge in the path of the Allied advance. As American troops reached the river, U.S. Engineers built pontoon bridges and then, when both sides of the river were in Allied hands built more permanent structures such as this bridge at Capua (above). Part of the structure of the old bridge can be seen at lower left.
Credit: (U.S. Signal corps photo from ACME)

1-24-44

77.09.3685a

New York Bureau
Long Cold Road to Revenge
Russia—As far as the eye can see, long columns of General Vatutin’s first Ukranian Army move westward on a frozen road on the Sarny battlefront in pre-war Poland. This is the first photo of the advance on an 80 mile front where desperately stiffened Nazi resistance is being broken.
Credit: ACME.

1-25-44

77.09.59.a

New York Bureau
Destroyer Taussig Launched
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The 2,200-ton super destroyer U.S.S. Taussig, named after the late Rear Admiral Edward David Taussig, whose heirs have also made naval history, slides down the ways at the Staten Island yard of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. With the striking power of a World War one cruiser, the U.S.S. Taussig has been designed largely for action in the Pacific as a “Jap-buster”.
Credit: (ACME)

1-25-44

77.09.1499

New York Bureau
Yanks Get Musso’s Armored Car
NAPLES, ITALY—This deluxe, super-armored and armed railway was presented to Mussolini by Hitler, (In the “Good, Old Days”, of Course!). Germans tried to wreck it when the Allies chased them out of the Naples area—but the Yanks were too fast for them and nabbed the “battle-proof Pullman”. It has been put to use as a mobile anti-aircraft gun mount and an American crew of 10 lives in the luxurious quarters meant for Mussolini. Here, Yanks man the quadruple gun mounts at each end of the car during a practice alert.
Credit: U.S. SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO FROM ACME.

1-25-44

77.09.1692

RADIOTELEPHOTO
NEW YORK BUREAU
COVERING ALLIED BEACHHEAD NEAR ROME
An [sic] plane of the U.S. Army Air Forces flies protectively over the spot south of Rome where Allies have made new landings bypassing German forces in the Cassino area. Far below can be seen craft landing American and British supplies and reinforcements. Today, the Germans abandoned Cassino to the Allies.
Credit: Acme photo by Charles Seawood for the War Picture Pool via Army Radiotelephoto

01/25/44

77.09.2542

Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Triple Play—Hitler, To Musso, To Yanks
Naples, Italy—This deluxe, super armored and armed railway car was presented to Mussolini by Hitler (P.S.: In the “Good Old Days”). It was built in Germany, has luxurious living quarters in the center of the car and quadruple gun mounts at each end. As the Germans were chased out of the Naples area, they tried to destroy it but the Yanks were too quick for them. Now it is a mobile anti-aircraft gun mount and is manned by an American crew of 10, who live in the fancy quarters meant for Mussolini. Here (Left to Right, clockwise around gun), are: Sgt. John T. Adams, of ST. Louis, MO; Pvt. Joseph N. Schan, Pardeesville PA.; S. Lolrich, Denver, CO; and Cpl. Albert E. Nickel of Chicago, ILL. The men show here during a practice alert, all members of an airborne machine gun battalion.
Credit: OWI Radiophoto via U.S. Signal Corps from ACME

1-25-44

77.09.2639

New York Bureau
No Concrete Highways Lead to China
Burma – Torturous curves, blinding dust and sheared-off embankments plague drivers winding their way into Burma by way of the Ledo Road, “highway” being pushed by American Engineers as fast as Yank and Chinese soldiers can clear the area of Japs. On the offensive since December 26^th, Stilwell’s troops are pushing the enemy toward Taihpa Ga.
Credit: ACME photo by Frank Cancellare, War Pool Correspondent

01-25-44

77.09.2922

New York Bureau
Inexperienced Drivers Need Not Apply
Burma – The lead car of a convoy bogs down on what drivers call a “tough spot” on the Ledo supply road to China, and a caterpillar comes to the rescue of the caravan.   The bumpy, twisty road is being built by American engineers, and up to now it is a “dead end” trail with Japs as a road block.
Credit (ACME photo by Frank Cancellare, War Pool Correspondent)

01-25-44

77.09.3135

Treetop “Call” for Japs
A B-25 Mitchell bomber of the U.S. Army 5^th Air Force, comes in at treetop level to blast installations, while a Jap plane burns fiercely (left) on the fighter strip at Alexishafen, above Madang on the North coast of New Guinea, during a recent raid.
Credit line (U.S. Army Air Force photo from ACME)

1-26-44

77.09.12

New York Bureau
Anzio, Italy – American soldiers remove depth charges and demolition bombs planted by the Germans, along the beach at Anzio, one of the points where streams of men and material are pouring ashore for the Allied march on Rome. When Allied forces made their surprise bypass landings near Anzio, Germans tried to demolish harbor installations in the city but were not entirely successful. Note some buildings (background of photo) showing damage. Photo was flashed to New York by radio tonight.
Credit:  (Stars and Stripes photo thru OWI radiophoto from ACME)

1-26-44

77.09.13

Radiophoto
New York Bureau
5^th Army Tank Heads for Rome
Nettuno, Italy – A 5^th Army tank rolls inland along the new “Road to Rome” as men, equipment and supplies pour ashore almost unopposed at Allied bridgeheads south of Rome. This photo, taken near Nettuno, was flashed to New York by radio tonight.
Credit: (Stars and Stripes photo thru OWI Radiophoto from ACME)

1-26-44

77.9.14

radiophoto
New York Bureau
Reinforcements for March on Rome
Anzio, Italy – This photo, flashed to New York by radio tonight, shows American soldiers carrying bedrolls, as they marched through the coastal town of Anzio, to reinforce the Allied spearhead southwest of Rome. In the photo can be seen a truck bringing supplies from the newly-established beachhead south of Rome.
Credit: (Stars and Stripes photo thru OWI radiophoto from ACME)

1-26-44

77.09.15

New York Bureau
On Way to New Italian Landing
Washington, D.C.: Allied ships, transporting soldiers and their equipment, plough through the sea en route to the new landings on the west coast of Italy, south of Rome.
Credit (ACME photo by Bert Brandt for War Picture Pool via Army Radiotelephoto)

1-26-44

77.09.211

New York Bureau
Mitchells Cover Gloucester Landing
This photo, released today in the U.S. shows B-25 Mitchell bombers of the U.S. Army 5th Air Force, covering Allied landing boats as they headed for a landing at Cape Gloucester on New Britain Island in the Southwest Pacific, Allied forces, after having neutralized Rabaul, important base on the island, are gradually closing in on the Japs there.
Credit: (U.S. Army Air Force Photo from ACME)

1-26-44

77.09.244

New York Bureau
Shakedown Cruise
AT SEA -- A vital part of the training of men who fight at sea is the shakedown cruise, the run on which embryo sailors try their sea legs, get acquainted with their shipmates, and learn how to operate their ship. A 40mm gun crew, composed of Navy fighters making their shakedown cruise, goes into action against a make-believe enemy in this dramatic photo.
Credit: (Official U.S. Navy Photo from ACME)

1-26-44

77.09.296

New York Bureau
Shakedown Cruise
AT SEA -- A vital part of the training of men who fight at sea is the shakedown cruise, the run on which embryo sailors try their sea legs, get acquainted with their shipmates, and learn how to operate their ship. Navy regulations insist that bedding be aired once a week, and gobs on their shakedown cruise comply with the rules, stringing their bedding along the side.
Credit: (Official U.S. Navy Photo from ACME)

1-26-44

77.09.1248

Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Shakedown Cruise. AT SEA – A vital part of the training of men who fight at sea is the shakedown cruise, the run on which embryo sailors try their sea legs, get acquainted with their shipmates, and learn how to operate their ship. Here are some of the white garbed Navy men going out for their shakedown cruise. Although every inch of standing room in this section of the ship is utilized, only a portion of the vessel’s crew is shown.
Credit: U.S. Navy photo from ACME

1-26-44

77.09.1329

NEW YORK BUREAU
SHAKEDOWN CRUISE
AT SEA—A vital part of the training of men who fight at sea is the shakedown cruise, the run on which embryo sailors try their sea legs, get acquainted with their shipmates, and learn how to operate their ship. Here, six-inch guns blast forth in a cloud of smoke and flame, manned by Navy fighters making their shakedown cruise.
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo from Acme

1-26-44

77.09.2540.a

Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Cleaning up on Road to Rome
Anzio, Italy – An American Army crane hoists a 300-pound Tronite demolition charge from the spot on the beach at Anzio, where it had been planted by the Germans who hoped to kill Allied invaders with it. Now, streams of men and material are pouring ashore at Anzio and at other bridgeheads south of Rome and the Allies are pushing inland to cut lines of retreat of Nazis trapped to the South. (Passed by Censors)
Credit: Stars and Stripes photo via OWI Radiophoto from ACME

01-26-44

77.09.2739

New York Bureau
Earning His Keep
Washington, D.C:  A captured Jap helps Coast Guardsmen swab down the deck of an LST during the invasion assault at Cape Gloucester, New Britain.  He is being taken to a base camp.
Credit (U.S. Coast Guard photo from ACME)

1-26-44

77.09.3565

New York Bureau
Fresh “Eggs” for Japs
Bombs from planes of the U.S. Army 5^th Air Force, explode on installations and the Jap airfield at Cape Gloucester, in this photo just released in the U.S. The raid was part of the “softening up” process which preceded the Allied landing at the Southwest Pacific island of New Britain. When the landing was effected, American engineers immediately set to work to put the airfield in shape for use against the Jap base of Rabaul, New Britain.
Credit: U.S. Army Air Force photo from ACME.

1-26-44

77.09.3817

Radiophoto
New York Bureau
Thousands Hear Ramirez Speech
Buenos Aires, Argentina—In spite of the pouring rain, thousands gather in the Plaza de Mayo in front of the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires to hear President Ramirez announce that Argentina had several relations with the Axis. The address was broadcast over a nation-wide radio hook-up. Photo radioed to New York from Buenos Aires today (January 26^th).
Credit: ACME radiophoto.

1-26-44

77.09.3976.a-b

New York Bureau
Honoring Sub Chaser
New York City—A memorial plaque honoring the officers and men who lost their lives when the submarine chaser, USS SC-209, went down during World War I, was presented to the USS PC-565 today (January 26^th). The vessel honored was the first of the 110 foot patrol chaser class to distinguish itself by outstanding action against the enemy in World War II. Here is a general view of the ceremonies as Lt. Charles P. Sheppard, captain of the PC-565, accepts the plaque, which was offered to the Navy by H. Liggett Gray, a member of the SC-209 crew who was not aboard when the vessel went down.
Credit: ACME.

1-27-44

77.09.1445

New York Bureau
Yanks Advance Cautiously in Anzio
Anzio, Italy—Wary American soldiers, holding their guns ready for use in a split second, advance cautiously along a street in Anzio, after the Germans had been driven out by the invaders. A dead soldier lies before the German Jeep in the foreground.
Credit: U.S. Signal Corps radiotelephoto-ACME.

1-27-44

77.09.1585

New York Bureau
Channel Victims Claimed by Nazis
Two American fliers man their rubber raft in which a fellow crewman lies wounded, according to the German caption on this photo received through a neutral source. The Nazis say the U.S. plane was shot down in the English channel and these men were taken prisoner.
Credit: ACME.