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Show S I i" ' 1 ! . i ' , i " i it jl ' - - - - . VC - I U. N. GUARDS LEAVE FOR PALESTINE . . . This Is an advance contingent of 50 guards who have been assigned by the United Nations to Count Folke Bernadotte, U. N. mediator in Palestine. The Kuard'; n0 Intended to serve as a United Nations armed force, are being employed in the Holy Land primarily W supervise application of truce provisions pertaining to the vital supply route from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In the picture Lieut. John J. Cosgrove, Jr., is inspecting members of the group before they go aboard the plane. The men were drawn from the regular roster of U. N. guards and were replaced at Lake Success by temporary substitutes. |