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American and Australian soldiers meet in New Guinea. An American soldier (right) lights a cigaret for an Australian gunner somewhere on the Huon Peninsula of New Guinea in the Southwest Pacific. Australian units and American troops recently joined forces near Saider in Northern New Guinea after a campaign that wiped out the bulk of a force of 14,000 Japanese and won complete control of the entire Huon ...

Foto van Britse infanterist en tanks in Kleef. Tekst achterop: "New advance takes British troops to German key town of Cleve. Field Marshal Montgomery's Offensive south east of Nijmegen continues strongly. After taking Kranenberg, infantry and armour, supported by artillery fought their way along the mainroad, took Nutterden and pushed on to reach Cleve, the important road and rail junction and a German ...

Defending the coast of Britain. A gun crew at work preparing for action. The sergeant supervises while part of the crew reload the shell into the gun and on left another gunner is ready to push in the cartridge which follows the shell.

The Group of ex-Lancashire workers watch... tapestry artists at work; left to right: Corporal Ste.... Pinnington, Gunner W., Spencer, former menager of Textile... Factory at Keighley, Yorkshire, and Private Cowell.

German air chiefs inspect RAF aerodrome. See latest bombers. General Milch inspecting the gunner's cockpit of a 'Wellesley' medium bomber plane at Mildenhall.

The Indian Army, by its dauntless courage in the past has earned the respect of all nations. Here are light machine gunners snapped while in action against aircraft. NI 2592

Seventh U.S. Army crosses Rhine. Infantrymen of the Seventh U.S. Army step from an assault boat on the east bank of the Rhine River, Germany, after crossing early in the morning March 26, 1945, under cover of artificial fog, rain and an overcast sky. One of the boat crew draws a landing line tight as machine gunners move their weapons.

They saved a bridge for the Allies. Four French boys, the two in the center only fourteen years old, who stopped the retreating Nazis from blowing up a bridge in Le Mans, France. While German machine gunners and an American tank were exchanging fire across a river, one of the boys, who had seen the Germans preparing to destroy the bridge swarmed onto the bridge under fire, followed by the three others. ...

U.S. FLYER DISPLAYS NEW PROTECTIVE HELMET. A U.S. flyer, operating a machine gun aboard a plane, wears a new-type helmet designed to provide protection from enemy anti-aircraft fire to the head and neck of aerial gunners. Lined with sponge rubber to reduce shock and concussion, the helmet is made up of many small metal squares and is draped over the shoulders to overlap the protective vest worn by ...

Portretfoto van RAF militair (Flight Sergeant met pathfinder badge). Tekst: 'F/Sgt V.G. Smith, DFM (rear gunner), 7 Squadron, 8 Group, RAF Bomber Command. Aged 19 years, operation Manna'.

U.S. sailors in the making. The U.S. Naval Training Station at San Diego, Cal., is one of the Navy's most important personnel reservoirs. In a thorough 12-week training course recruits are prepared for service in the Navy. The beautifully situated training station is the only one on the Pacific Coast and may become of crucial importance in a national emergency. Recruits receiving instruction in gunnery ...

Foto van Russische machinegeweerschutter met Maxim machinegeweer op Sokolov onderstel met twee andere infanteristen in open terrein. tekst achterop: 'RU/1428. On the Russian Front. Summer, 1942. Machine gunners take up new firing position'.