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Show Kicking Nazis From Greenland Vital war information was reaching Germany from a post not far from the North American continent. A Nazi radio and weather base was operating in the Arctic off the coast of Greenland. It was solidly built and its. occupants, hidden by blizzards and arctic wastes, expected to remain permanently. permanent-ly. But the Nazis were surprised by vigilant Danes who spotted the base, battled its occupants and got word to the United States. Soon U. S. troops smashed the Nazi nest. The campaign is shown in the following sketches by Norman Thomas, combat artist, and photographs taken at the base. Coast guardsmen and soldiers go ashore from a cutter. Guns of the cutter cover the landing. This landing teas preceded by a heroic , w w , fight by Danish hunters, one of ivhom W uas hilled by the A'an's. Another Dane, : ' :'Kym wno u:as captured, acted as a guide for the Nazis. But at his first chance this & : Dane seized the commander of the base ' Wr : an delivered him to U. S. custody. i 'fy' " " " ' " j Top: Reconnaissance patrol is left be- , ', , ' 1 hind to occupy landing base camp and ' - ' " - " ;J natch for any enemy landing attempts. I ' ; - , ; Bottom: Coastguardsmen and soldiers , : ' ), charge in sldrmish formation toward the s ' A ' ' Nazi radio base just beyond the hills. v ' J Besides a radio station, the enemy post included a power house, emergency generator, machine gun emplacements and food caches. Top: Another view of U. S. troops. Bottom left: Talcing a Nazi prisoner. Bottom right: Searching for further signs of the enemy. German equipment is examined fi f" iy I. 5. soldiers. Some Germans ffi .ii got oway m pnc5, it teas believed. pfeV . |