![]() ![]() 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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