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American Military Government in Germany. Lieutenant Charles K. Martin, Public Safety Officer in Beyreuth, inspects the firefihting equipment at the local firehouse. Exept for the ardent Nazis, members of the previous fire department have been retained. Highly organized, with men trained at fire protection school at Eberswald, members of the Feuerschutzpolizei, (elite fire guards) haven been purged ...

American Military Government in Germany. Lieutenant Charles K. Martin (facing camera), Public Safety Officer in Bayreuth's Military Government detachment, inspeccts a squad of auxiliary police, who have replaced the Nazi police force. Lacking uniforms, which have been ordered, the policemen are permitted to carry rifles to preserve law and order among the German civilians. They have no power to arrest ...

Churches are improvised for services. A make-shift church with pandanus and thatched palm roof to keep off the sun is used by the Chamorros and U.S. military personnel for religious services. A U.S. Navy chaplain conducts the Sunday service. NI 9246

Het originele bijschrift luidt: American soldiers study at U.S. Army University center in Italy. Members of the U.S. Army, awaiting redeployment, attend a class in solid geometry at the University of Florence, Italy, the first opened of four universities planned for the European and Mediterrannean theaters, which will present an extensive educational program for military personnel overseas. The study ...

German civilians on trial for murder of American flyer. Dr. Franz Mohn, German lawyer, takes notes from three German civilians he is defending against charges of murdering an American flyer. The trial, heard by a military war crimes court in Ahrweiler, Germany, started June 1, 1945. The prisoners are, left to right: Peter Kohn, 32, a crane operator of Preist, Germany; Matthias Gierens, 37, railroad ...

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. Parade on the vast Paul Jones Court of ...

Jewish religious services held in Paris. A congregation of American and Allied Military personnel, French civilians and German refugee orphans hear Lt. Ben Wostein (facing camera, second from right) of New York, N.Y. sing the prayers at the Jewish religious services commemorating Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement) at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, Sept. 16, 1945. The services were held under the auspices ...

What was once of of the luxury hotels of Batavia, the Hotel des Galleries during the political trouble in Java was taken over by the British Authorities for the accommodation of Military personnel. The Public Relations billeted War Correspondent here. NI 631

Van de Nederlandse strijdkrachten telde de marine de meeste mensen. In tegenstelling tot de landmacht was de marine er begin mei 1940 in geslaagd een aanzienlijk deel van personeel en materieel uit Nederland te evacueren. Daarnaast bevond zich in de Indische wateren het marinesmaldeel dat belast was met de verdediging van de archipel. Naast het escorteren van konvooien hebben Nederlandse marineschepen ...