![]() ![]() ![]() Credit: ACME ĭIRECT HIT BY GERMAN ARTILLERY. Photo by Stanley Troutman, ACME photographer for the War Picture Pool. The Jap behind the Marine committed suicide by holding a grenade to his chest. Two enemy machine gunners, slain in the first moments of the invasion, lie in the foreground. PELELIU ISLAND, PALAU – Holding a Jap sword, his pockets bulging with other souvenirs of the battle for Peleliu Island, a Yank leatherneck looks at the bodies of Japs whose only souvenir was death. Credit: OWI Radiophoto from ACME ĭEATH WAS THEIR SOUVENIR. The M-29, which is used on amphibious and swamp operations, has a full tack and rudders, and is capable of amazingly high speeds on the ground. – The “Weasel”, M-29 Light Cargo Carrier, sloughs through the mud as it bypasses a stranded jeep on the proving grounds at Aberdeen, MD. France – Twisted steel and wreckage are all that remain of the battleship Dunkerque after being blasted by B-17 Flying Forts during a recent raid on the French harbor at Toulon. Credit: –WP – (ACME) īattleship Dunkerque Blasted. Photo by Andy Lopez, ACME Photographer for the War Picture Pool. Looks like the little man has had a rough day. Maubeuge, France – Wounded in the fight for Maubeuge, on the Franco-Belgian border, this superman threw up his hands and cried “Uncle” in no uncertain terms. The War Department places Cezembre just west of St. David Snyder of Wilkes Barre, Pa., looks on. Franz (right), Oswego, N.Y., raises the flag as Pfc. France – The Stars and Stripes are raised over the small French island of Cezembre after German forces had surrendered. Editors – Please note that the Radio-Telephoto machine was constructed by the technical staff of ACME Telephoto Credit (Signal Corps Photo from ACME) Anita Katen, New York City, operate a Signal Corps Radio-telephoto Transmitter station somewhere in England, sending news pictures rapidly to the States from the European theater. ![]() Vondel Judkins, San Salva, Texas, and Cpl. ![]()
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