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U.S. Marine gunners blast Japanese vessels at Saipan. Japanese vessels hit by U.S. Marine artillery go up in flames at anchorages near Garapan, capital of Saipan. The boat in the foreground bears the Japanese emblem. Enemy resistance on Saipan in the Central Pacific Marianas ended on July 8, 1944, after 25 days of bitter fighting. Saipan was a major base within the inner zone of Japanese defenses, ...

' Gunners of the 2nd Canadian Division Artillery hold a farewell parade before turning in their guns. Oiled and polished, the guns roll past the reviewing stand on which, among other officers, were Brig. E.D. Lace, Commander of the 2nd Canadian Division Artillery; Major-Gen. A.Bruce Matthews, GOC, 2nd Cdn. Division; and Major-General R.L. Keefler, GOC, 3rd Canadian Division. The parade took place in ...

Allied Taks Force liberates Morotai. Gunner (T) Cantor and 1st Lt. Maxwell on H.M.A.S. Arunta watch the Morotai landing. NI 5583

German machine-gunners, muffled to the ears against the severe cold which still grips Prague, standing ready for action by their gun in a snow-covered street of the former Czech capital following the annexation of Czecheslovakia by Germany.

U.S. Infantry division attacks enemy in eastern France. A machine gunner of the 44th Infantry Division, Seventh U.S. Army, establishes his position in newly-won woods, as his comrade assists in camouflaging the emplacement, during attacks by Lieutenant General Alexander M. Patch's non against enemy stragglers left in Eastern France.

Nest of Death! Places at one of the farthest points of the Italian line, machine gunners and riflemen, entrenched behind a rough rock barrier, grimly wait for marauding Abyssinians, in the Italian northern advance. The post is manned by riflemen and machinegunners of the Askaris, the Italian native forces which have been extremely active in the north.

Last Resistance of the Poles will be broken down. Here we see the gunners of a German gun making a pause in firing. The chief work has already been done.