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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH U. S. navy task forces, spearheaded by modern, g aircraft' carriers, are ranging the Pacific, blasting Japanese island fortifications from Wake to Rabaul and de-stroying German submarine activity in the Atlantic. At this writing we have 40 such carriers. Tops among them is the U. S. S. Card which, with ' her planes and escort vessels, has destroyed more submarines than any other unit in naval history. One of the Cards escorts was the overage destroyer Boris which sank after disposing of two Nazi submarines in. a stormy sea. Left: Signal officer at stern hard-hittin- 7 ' Leaders of New European Invasion Team of carrier orders pilot of an plane to cut throttle. ng Talker in foreground relays orders from the captain. This is what the pilot sees as he turns for a landing on the deck of the Card. At a higher level the flight deck of a carrier appears These are the men who will lead the long awaited Allied second front invasion of Europe. Left to right: as the side of a match box. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of Allied invasion armies; Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, deputy to Eisenhower; Lieut. Gen. Carl Spaatz, chief of all the American strategic air forces that will hit Germany from west and south; and Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, chief of the British land armies. Appointment of Tedder as Eisenhowers deputy indicated that air power was to be a major weapon in the battle to crush the fortress of Europe. Eisenhower, who had never before made a prediction in 13 months of warfare, announced as he left Algiers to assume his new post that we will win the European war in 1944. Nazi Soldiers Appear Happiest When Not Fighting Top: Torpedo planes and dive bombers on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Bottom: From the bridge of his carrier this captain conducts the many activities which are necessary to operate the complex mechanism of his craft. The Card, which was H converted from a merchant hull, is an escort carrier of the type known as baby flat top. Car I riers are enabling our forces to control the sky from the moment they move into a new area. , , j: ;; Left: A few hours rest has been granted to these Nazi soldiers who are pictured entertaining themselves somewhere along the Russian front. With Russias great ally, winter, now in action there is little time for rest in German ranks. This picture was found by the Russians. Right: This photograph which was radioed from Algiers shows young Nazi prisoners of the 26th panzer regiment taken captive in Italy. They smile ofat the war camera, apparently pleased that they are prisoners and no longer must fight and face the difficulties Allies. , the , against " . Nazis Preparing for H Hour : The Road Home i Rome to Berlin, and then home that, apparently, is the route most servicemen in Italy want to travel. printed there by Yanks Field Marshal Von Runstedt, who commands German forces in west- This sign off when duty tells the distance to ern Europe, is shown as he inspected a sector of the Atlantic wall via that route. BulTexas, Austin, defenses recently. The entire war psychology of Germany apparently has were reported to be defensive and constant predictions were garian troops from the passed from the offensive e north. being made by Nazis as to the date of an Allied invasion from England. invading Italy to-th- Left: Dive bombers roar into a take-of- f. talker Right: Another relays commands. |