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Show THE SENTINEL. MIDVALE. UTAH Friday, Nov. 17, 1944 Page Seven SENTINEL'S WEEKLY FEATURE PAGE OF LATEST WORLD EVENT NEWS PICTURES Aviation Conference Underway Floating Invasion Docks Destroyed by Storm Lower left shows panoramic view of Omaha beach before the U, S. Mulberry, invasion docks, were set up. Right shows bow all hands pitch in to keep the fiow of supplies going in the U. S. l\'lulberry off ColleviJle, France. The 1\'Inlberry (top, left), shown wrecked by the terrific channel storm which broke directly after completion of the Mulberry. Commanded U. S. Navy Units • lll Bot dogs and ra1sm pie were served to this French lad by mem.. Biggest Victory 1 Adolph Berle, assistant secretary of state, and temporary chairman, bers of the U. S. army Ninth air Is shown as he made the opening address of the International Civil Avia- force service command unit in tion conference held in Chicago. Delegates representing 50 countries France. Mess call always finds a tnet in first conference of its kind, hoping to work out a plan for world number of the French chilclren lined ilir transportation. The conference has dedicated itself to the world-wide up for chow with the Gls. Thou• peace-time aviation development. sands of French children have to be fed • •• These are the three men who were in charge of Ute Unite!l States Deets that battled the Japanese, with snch disastrous consequcace!J to the Nip1wne!:e. Shou'Tt left to right are Rear Adm. Russell S. Berkey, U.S.N., Rear Adm. G. L. Wey!er, U.S.N., and Re~1· Adm. Rohe!'t \Vard Hayier, U.S.N. Latest tauy indicates that 58 Japanese ships were c!e~troyed, seriously dama~cd and hit, with a United States loss of six ships sunk. The Joss in Japanese lives was believed to l!ave ln~n the greatest in history. Salt Water Sailor on ~--.;a Guest of Air Force Gls Build Bamboo Water Line Bamboo water line is supported across a defile by trestle also made bamboo. This improvised line, in Yunnan province of China, the md of the lines for American army supplies, reJeased hundreds of Chilese coolies from carrying water in order that they could handle other ~ssential \Var supplies for American and Chinese forces. Gain by Gain Toward Victory Returns to Islands PACIFIC PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 0 C E AN YAPo • • 1\'Iaj. Gen. .James L. Bradley, commanding general of the 96th in.' fantry division, leads his division in the invasion of Philippines. The troops received extensive training for the present campaign in the Ba... waiian islands. ... - Crossing the Alps • MARIANAS : ISLANDS : Commands Invasion • <I GUAM ··:• ... •••. . ... .••·• CAROLIN~ ISLANDS •• ~-~ •• ••• JC1~ 'oJI '1!\ARU 1 I iiMORLAUT IS .•• ~~111:!1 ~;a '~ ·O• 0e ~R fl IS. :1 ARAFURA SEA #:9 Back to the sea, goes this sailor, visiting 1\l2nhattan during shore leave. He spends Iris time ashore watching a miniature sailboat race in the Central park pond, in New York city. Among the sea·gOing men, the miniature boats in the pond prove one of the biggest drawing cards for Uncle Sam 1 s tar when visiting the city. Many of the boats entered in races are. sailor-owned. Sergie Osmena, new president of the Philippines, embarks at New Guinea for return to his_ ~ati_ve land. This map shows the steps taken by Gen. Douglas MacArthur as he He has moved the Philippme gov- kept his vow to return to the Philippines. On the second day of January, ernment from Washington, D. C., to L944, he made his first major leap-frog jump along the coast of New the islands, following their recap- Guinea. from Lae to Saidor. The map shows the succeeding operations, ture by General MacArthur's troops. climaxing in the invasion of the Philippines. I Typical of the terrain over which our forces must battle in northern Italy is this jagged pass at Della. Stelvio. These are the Austrian Alps on the Italian-German border. The man-angled white strip is the Bur-~ ma pass-like road. > They Return to Philippines Left: Gen. Douglas 1\lacArthur as he broadcasts to the Philippines that the Americans landed on Leyte island and that he has returned. Right: Vice Adm. Thomas Kinkaid (right), and Lieut. Gen. Walter Kreu_$er (center), as they discuss Philippine l!!yasion operations aboard the flag"ahip 1n l'b,iU~~ine waters. ""• ._,., ..._·'-""""· India-Burma Chief Awarded Nobel Medicine Prizes Waiting for Flush :,~ Lieut. Gen. Daniel I. Sultan has All 1944 Nobel prizes for mcclicine went to the United States, the Dog, Joe Contender, and hls hnnti been selected to relieve Gen. Joseph Nobel committee has announced. Dr. Joseph Erlanger, St. Louis, Mo., e:r, working like two halves of w. Stilwell as commander of all U, S. Uelt); Dr. Edward A. Doisey, St. Louis, Mo., (center); and Dr. Herbert well-oiled machine, stand by a co~ forces in the India-Burma theater 1 ;;. Gasser, of the Rockefeller Institute, New York city, were awarded the ert. The dog is in a point and the of ope_ra~~· _. , •. -~· ~ -·----· priz_!s _fo_r medical research work~~ ""-'-' ·~ . _ _ _JJ!.!'!~!. I~ read)~; _for hls !l!!k .....;/ |