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Show The Cache American, Lojran, Cache County, Utah rage Three King Visits France Grandstand View of Normandy Beachhead -- 'r u ' - . ; ft , A Mfe ' ' 1. V w, - s .Z7 tm - "... i0C I, r- - , - if ' Capture of Saipan Opens Japan 5 . f. ' . 4 t. r -r- w-t-; , ',! v-'.- .' . r?V. r. . ' , - .y 4 T1 i ' ,,i' , .. o.s'- - k- - , nit V. . -. . . I . Ii how the American section of the Normandy beachhead looks, viewed from I bluff where German King George (left) was met by fanners once bad a position. As far at the eye can see there are Invasion crafts, ferrying fighting Tanka and ether Allied soldiers as well as muniUons and equipment to the beach. Barrage balloons awing above Gen. Bernard Montgomery, com the transports like lazy cows to protect them against possible dive bombing attack. All is quiet on this strip mandcr of the Allied ground forces in the Eto, when he landed on the ef beach now, but In the first hoars ef the Invasion death and terror ran rampant here. French beachhead, te make an j j Yanks Given ' cy.- V.V;v'-'- r' v ) ? . . ,,7 5 . . C v s ' . ' r Treatment on Ship First-Ai- d Democratic Keynoter . v. -- :ri, J .J . Inspection ef his forces and objectives won. This map shows why Japans empire Is no longer safe, with the capture ef Saipan, now that the Tanks amphibious and 29th air force Guam and China will all prove effective bases are in operation. from which attacks can be launched against Tojos Industries and military bases. Tokyo is less than 1,504 miles from Saipan. Enlarges Airport for B-2- 9s 1 h Y k IbJ i JKa I?. A.1 i &a Us P t - , . ':--- V ! w ( S' 1' t ''-- H vV V ' UV C? : Vt '.'AV , . y - . At ALL - mAXSui ,vl 'V Insert shows United Slates navy hospital corpsmen aboard the battleship giving speedy treatment te wounded Tank army Rangers, casualties of the fierce battle for the beachheads that marked the first few days of the Allied Invasion of Normandy. In lower photo the casualties are being brought aboard. Wounded in France, the Rangers were carefully hoisted aboard the battleship U. S. S. Texas after a speedy trip out from the embattled shoreline in one of the latest landing crafts. Family Starts 1914 Harvest Gov. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma, who has been selected to make the keynote speech for the Democratic convenUon of 1944. Governor Kerr is 47 and a newcomer on the national political scene. Wounded, Now Walks Americas most powerful bombers, were Somewhere in India, tuned up at this base and started from there on the mission to bomb the steel center of Japan. This photo shows the native women, used to enlarge the airport to enable the mammoth ships to take off, in the foreground, as the plane is worked on in the background. s, Two Yank Heroes Receive Medals Morte Pour La France 1 f C . I A fly- I i V n 4 i t x't y p rs A. , . - VV' ' s y ' ' SV W' '' v J With sons and farm hands in the armed services and defense plants, harvest begins to look like a mi and pa job. In many parts pf Kansas the farmers are pooling their work in order to get the hardest done. Prisoners of war as well as a large number of school children and city people on vacation will be doing their part. 1944 Morte Pour La France, translated means, Died For France. The French civilians made this grave for a Tank who died in action. He was one of the first te land on the Normandy beachhead during the Initial landing stages of the invasion operations. An Allied casualty takes a few turns around the deck of an LST invasion ship after his wound was bandaged. A medical corpsman lends him a hand. This landing ship was converted into a first aid station after it had delivered its load. Romans Arrest Fascist Leaders civilians help a Roman policeman escort an Armed ex big shot of the Fascists to the jail where he will be held until tried for crimes committed under the Mussolini regime. The civilians, soon after the fall of Rome to Allies, armed themselves and began an open hunt, until Allied authorities took over the job. anti-Fascis- Flanked by our national flag, Capt. Maurice L. Britt of Lonoke, Ark., stands at salute before being presented the congressional medal ef honor. He saved eight Tanks but lost his arm. Left: Corp. James E. Slaton ef Lanrel, Miss., receives the honor for wiping out three machine gun nests. He is the father of four sons. Floods Sweep Over Nebraska Second Lieut. Margaret Stanfiil Hayti, Mo., first American nurse to land on the invasion beachhead in France, is shown as she unpacked j medical supplies. U. S. Army Major Peter J. Cascio points out the Empire State build-e- f ing to Italian prisoners of war on a guided tour of New Fork. The Italian war prisoners are from Camp Shanks. Scene on the highway between Fremont and nooper. Neb., where automobile traffic was paralyzed by floods following torrential rains which inundated thousands of acres of land and brought heavy property damage as well as damage to crops and death to livestock in Nebraska and Missouri. |