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Show -~rr~d~.)\ {4l:l.~~ . :.s,_. 1~~3 ...·..·;; ......... _. ___ .. ·-. _.......·.. _.... :~-r~ ~~~!J.~h On Heels of RoJAmel's Westpou~d Afrik~ ._Ko_r.ps • ~ • ~ •• • • • • > • ;. • • • • • • T~ugh . G.oing _ f or .•. ·.. . . .. .. . ' . ' . . Planes on . :. ~aptu~ed . ~ . Field. • Britain's eigbth army has been hard on the heels of Gen. Erwin Rommel's much-vaunted Afrika Korps, pushing them westward towards Tripoli. Photo at left shows local Arabs, friendly to the once-again-invading British army, gathered around British armored cars when the British occupied a wrecked town in the Libyan desert. Dense smoke from a burning · tank fills the background. Insets: Left, General Rommel, leader of 1Axis desert forces, and Lieut. Gen. Bernard Montgomery, commander of Britain's eighth army. Anti-Aircraft Artillerymen 'l(eep 'Em Falling' The gagster who accused this baby kangaroo of being kicked out of its ·mother's pouch for eating crackers in bed, might know by this picture that the youngster, despite the fact that it is on its own, is doing very well, thank you. Open air mess is picnic time, and a generous officer like this one (commander of an Australian armored division) proceeds to make life easy for the baby vagabond. The airport at Safi, French Morocco, offered hard going for navy planes which landed as the field was captured from the French. In picture at top, men are laying a metal strip for takeoff of the torpedo bomber· before which they are working. These metal strips have since played an important part in Allied air operations in Tunisia. Below: A navy dive bomber lies nose-down in a ditch near the Safi airport. Anoth~ takes off, using the roadway for a runway. Ace of Aces Hero of USS Boise Returns Home Capt. Joe Foss, 27, of Sioux Falls, S. D., who is the champ of all aces - stationed on Henderson Fieltl, Guadalcanal.. Foss has shot down 22 of the 450 Jap planes bagged at this base. Men behind our big anti-aircraft guns must move with clock-like and flawless precision. The heart of thr anti-aircraft artillery is the battery commandel' head(Juarters (left). Here in the underground station Lleut ·E. See1eye, White Plains, N. Y., plots the progress of approaching planes. At his elbow Pvt. John Drtina. i Brooklyn, reliorts messages from the units on t!·e ranr;e. Right: A 90-millimeter gun has just been fired. Th<· ' gunner's last duty before "firing a new round is to kick the shell case from the gun platform. U. S.-China Link I 'Phantom Ship' Takes to Waters Upon bis arrival in San Francisco, Capt. E. J. ("Mike") Moran, of the cruiser Boise, hurried to his home in San Rafael where be was greeted by his two children, Michaela, 13 (left), and Moore, 11, whom he has seen for only ten days in the last two years. Captain 1\i[oran's light cruiser settled for six Jap warships in the Solomon waters. Egypt Celebrates Pacific Fleet Commander Talks to Newsn1en Here is tbe phantom of the sea, a concrete vessel, completely automatic, crewless, and designed to travel in convoys of terl' or more operated by radio control from a master escorting vessel. Photo at top sbows ship being launcbed at West Palm Beach, Fla. Lower photo shows ship on its way through inlyd waterways. The deckhouse is only temporary. This is a 91-foot model. The larger "phantom" will be 260 feet long, difficult to sight, and hard to sink. Fourth birthday of Egyptian princess, Ferial, was a happy one. Ferial is shown with her mother, Queen Farida, in their girl guide outfits on the palace balcony, where they re· viewed a bil'thday parade by that organization, which is similar to our Girl Scouts. President Roosevelt is shown handing a letter to the Chinese ambassador, Tao Ming Wei, which he wrote longhand to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and which was transmitted by radio telephoto as the first facsimile sent to China over the new radio photo service between . America and China. Time for transmission to Chungking was about an hour and a half. The President spelled "generalissimo" with two "l's," but the error was detected and corrected. Russia's Ace Sniper Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, is pictured giving his fifth press conference of the war at Pacific fleet head. quarters. He reviewed the first year of the war in the Pacific. Seated on his left is Capt. L. J. Wiltse, assistant chief of statf. He Fed Them Bef~~e-=He's Doing It Again~ Mugs From Trees Former President Herbert Hoover, who fed the Belgians during World War I, visited the stage door canteen and helped to feed some of the boys who are doing the job in World War II. He is shown putting sugar into the coffee of Aviation Cadet Marion M. Powner, while Pvt. M. Walosky awaits his turn. A visit to the giant Panama air base makes one the recipient of an individual, inscribed coconut drinking mu.g. Here Col. G. F. Hix, commanding officer of the base and originator of the idea, points to his oWD drinking mug. Kids Buy Army Jeep With War Stamps In the foreground, setting out for the advanced line is Soviet sniper Vassily Faronov, who has already shot 136 German officers and men, taken seven prisoners and destroyed one Nazi tanlt, Faronov bas been decorated with the Order of the Red Star and the Medal of Valour. Take 1note of the telescopic sight on his gun. Crack shots like Faronov, to say nothing of bravery, have helped ito make the defense of Statingrad one of the epics of the war, J 1 Up the steps of the 24th Street school, Los Angeles, goes an army jeep toade.! with thrilled yhildren. The jeep was their present to Uncle Sam, a present bought with war stamps from their sa,•ings. At the wheel is Sergt. Virgil YeweU. Stamp sales totaled $11,190.35-a lot of .nickels and dimes-and they're buying more. |