Everybody Lends Hand to Defense of Australia
There is no city In Australia that can quietly sit back with the assurance that it will not be bombed by
Japs. In the picture at the left, Melbourne city employees are doing their Australia-day task, erecting an
ARP sandbag barricade outside of their working premises. Right: Members of the anti-aircraft battery man
a height and range-finder at an action station in Darwin, Australia. The men work stripped to their waists.
Mississippi Digs Out of Tornado’s W reckage
Homes were leveled and rolled together as so much paper by a tornado which swept through Missis
sippi and laid low farm buildings and towns in its wake. In the upper picture convicts from a nearby
prison remove a great store of hay which fell upon livestock when the wind played havoc with it, at Ber
clair, Miss. Lower picture was taken at Grenada, Miss. The wind that caused this damage just missed
a hospital which stood near by. Note the spectators, standing about in dazed wonder.
As Convoy Plowed Through S. W. Pacific
This photo was made during the Australian convoy, and shows men
of the anti-aircraft battery putting a gun into condition aboard a troop
transport. Much of their spare time was used in cleaning and condi
tioning their equipment.
Guarding Great Britain’s Coastline
To guard against the possibility of s Nazi invasion of England this
spring, this “sea fort," somewhere in the “Northern Command,” stands
ready. The fort is heavily manned. Its big guns point out over the nar
row sea towards Europe. The picture shows men of the garrison during
gun drill.
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Another Sea Fighter
The 1,700-ton destroyer Frazier,
shown as it was launched at the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding company
yards in San Francisco. It is the
fifth of the present series, and was
christened by Mrs. R. P. McCul
lough, wife of a naval intelligence
officer.
MacArthur Trophy
Francis B. Sayre, commissioner of
the Philippines, shown on arrival in
San Francisco with sword which
General MacArthur picked from
body of a Jap general—a gift to
the President.
Buddies Hit the Coal Pile in Ireland
The nights in Ireland are a little dampish and chilly at this season
of the year, and Uncle Sam's doughboys’ll be wanting a bit of a Are to
take the chill off the place. This photograph, taken somewhere In North
ern Ireland, shows U. S. soldiers at the coal pile awaiting their turn to
All up their buckets.
U. S. Army's Most Modern Field Piece
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This soundphoto shows tractors dragging a string of 155-mm. field rifles
through a pine woods on the way to target practice, at Fort Bragg, N. C.
The gun and tractor weigh 30 tons together. The 155's mobility and 17-mile
range make it the biggest field gun in the U. S. army's locker.
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Watchdogs on the Spanish Main
These two pictures are typical scenes along the coasts and in the
interior of Puerto Rico, where the United States has established a base
to guard the approaches to the Caribbean sea and the Panama canal.
At the top a coast defense gun points its snout over a sandbagged em
placement. Below a sentry paces his post in the interior.
U. S. Battle Dress—in Any Clime
Ready to fight anywhere in the wide world, these U. S. soldiers
are dressed in the uniforms adopted by the army for action under
various conditions. The uniforms are, left to right: snow shoe troop
er; summer or tropical field; winter field; armored force; ski trooper;
paratrooper and summer mounted.
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Tires were rationed and gas was
hard to get, but Gilbert Roney,
shown above, is sitting pretty. He
goes to his Job at an aircraft plant
in Santa Monica, Calif., on his "uni
cycle.” When Gilbert was IS he was
one of three partners In a bicycle
store, and built the strange vehicle
out of spare parts when he had time
on his hands.
Vows to Smash Japs
Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, now su
preme United Nations commander
in the Australian offensive, and who
reached that continent with his fam
ily after a harrowing seven-day trip
by sea and air.
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are working at the board with chalk
i and eraser, filling the shoes of young
I men who have gone forth to fight the
Japs. This is just another instance
of how women are taking over men’s
work.
Awarded D.S.M.
President Roosevelt pins Distin
guished Service medal on Rear Ad
miral William Standley, on eve of
his departure for Moscov cs U. S.
ambassador. The award was for
"meritorious service."
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