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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1942)
Four Swift Fighting Ships Go Down ^ ays The Federal Shipbuilding yard, Kearny, N. J., launched four destroyers at the same time, on schedule— powerful new additions to our first line of offense in our fight for freedom. The destroyers, shown above, are the Stevenson, the Ringold, the Stockton and the Schroeder.__ Invasion Tactics Used in Opening Second Front American troops were trained Intensively for the invasion of North Africa. Before the U. S. army task force members were assigned to the new invasion group they spent a considerable period in carefully directed maneuvers under simulated attack conditions. That they learned their lesson well is confirmed by their re markable success in the initial stages of the opening of the second front in North Africa. The pictures were taken during maneuvers, by the U. S. Signal Corps._ U. S. Boston Bombers Raid Le Havre United States air force Boston bombers, also known as the Douglas A-20 C’s, attacked Le Havre docks in a daylight raid. This photo, which is one of the clearest of its kind that has been made during this war, shows one of the Bostons over the target area as the first stick of bombs of the attack breaks on and near the western end of the quay in the Bassin De Maree, where there are E and R boat pens. During this attack, bombers were escorted by U.S.A.A.F. fighter planes. Grim Humor Among Our Fighting Allies <?*?<• SWiOGt V^/'SClU^D. WiT); WHftM A8EtfKoSPWATI !■-.— ‘THE AEftQ WRECK\K<i CO. fsStfeTi fcjKJf1 la H*M*S PuVK^t iWCRK M*6 MfiATlY AND KWrttY f»>- fciJUfto # co. Courage and grim humor mark the spirit of our Allies in the fight against the Axis aggressors. The picture shows South African soldiers at an anti-aircraft battery in Kenya, Africa, ready for all comers. Their signpost speaks for itself. Big Ben Poses “II Duce in the zone of opera tions,’’ says the caption on this rho to, which appeared in an Ita ian propaganda magazine. Obviously, the “zone of operations’’ was in North Africa, if the tropical helmets of the soldiers, diplomatically air brushed Into the background by the artist, are any indication. Recently the “zone of operations’’ became a race track for II Duce’a men. In African Fight Shown here is Rear Adm. Henry K. Hewitt, who is commanding the American forces participating in the second front action against Vichy eontrolled North Africa. As U. S. Rangers Arrived at Oran This photograph, radioed from London to New York, and sound photoed to Chicago, shows United States Rangers and equipment arriving at a beach near Oran, Algeria, in boats as they prepared to occupy the French possessions on the north Mediterranean shore. In between the two key ports, Algiers and Oran, American landings encountered only slight resistance and made deep penetrations. This is one of the first pictures of land operations to arrive in America. Conference in Wilds of New Caledonia Lieut. Gen. Henry H. Arnold (center), commander of U. S. army air forces, is shown in conference with Maj. Gen. Alexander Patch Jr. (left), commander of United Nations forces at New Caledonia, and Rear Adm. John S. McCain, U. S. navy, (right). New Caledonia is a vital link in protecting our shipping to Australia.—Soundphoto. Jimmy Wilde Jr. Boxes in Desert The spirit of that famous old-tfme boxer, Jimmy Wilde, was hovering over the western desert of Egypt recently, when Jimmy Wilde Jr., son of the former world champion, boxed with another aircraftsman for the entertainment of their buddies. Jimmy Jr., who knows bow to put op his dukes, by the way, is shown at the left. Josef Stalin Addresses Moscow Soviet While events of breath-taking Importance were taking place in North Africa, Josef V. Stalin, head of the Soviet Union, addressed the Moscow Soviet and other public organizations In observance of the 25th anniver sary of the revolution and founding of Soviet Union. 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