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Grandstand View of Normandy Beachhead This is how the American section of the Normandy beachhead looks, viewed from a bluff where German gunners once had a position. As far as the eye can see there are invasion crafts, ferrying fighting Yanks and other Allied soldiers as well as munitions and equipment to the beach. Barrage balloons swing above the transports like lazy cows to protect them against possible dive bombing attack. AH is quiet on this strip of beach now, but in the first hours of the invasion death and terror ran rampant here. Yanks Given First-Aid Treatment on Ship Insert shows United States navy hospital corpsmen aboard the battleship giving speedy treatment to wounded Yank army Rangers, casualties of the fierce battle for the beachheads that marked the first few days of the Allied invasion of Normandy. In lower photo the casualties are being brought aboard. Wounded in France, the Rangers were carefully hoisted aboard the battleship U. S. S. Texas after a speedy trip out from the embattled shoreline in one of the latest landing crafts. Family Starts 1944 Harvest With sons and farm hands in the armed services and defense plants, 1944 harvest begins to look like a “ma” and “pa” job. In many parts of Kansas the farmers are pooling their work in order to get the har vest done. Prisoners of war as well as a large number of school children and city people on vacation will be doing their part. Romans Arrest Fascist Leaders Armed anti-Fascistic civilians help a Roman policeman escort an ex “big shot” of the Fascists to the jail where he will be held until tried for crimes committed under the Mussolini regime. The civilians, soon after the fall ol' Rome to Allies, armed themselves and began an open hunt, until Allied authorities took over the job. Morte Pour La Franee fMORT£ pout? i FR4#t£ "Morte Pour La France," trans lated means, "Died For France.” The French civilians made this grave for a Yank who died in action. He was one of the first to land on the Normandy beachhead during the initial landing stages of the in vasion operations. First Invasion Nurse Second Lieut. Margaret Stanflll , of Hayti, Mo., first American nurse ) to land on the invasion beachhead in France, is shown as she unpacked medical supplies. Capture of Saipan Opens Japan This map shows why Japan’s empire is no longer safe, with the capture of Saipan, now that the Yank’s amphibious and 20th air force are in operation. Saipan, Guam and China will all prove effective bases i from which attacks can be launched against Tojo’s industries and mili tary bases. Tokyo is less than 1,500 miles from Saipan. Enlarges Airport for B-29s Somewhere in India, B-29s, America’s most powerful bombers, were tuned up at this base and started from there on the mission to bomb j the steel center of Japan. This photo show? *’ie native women, used | to enlarge the airport to enable the mammoth ships to take off, in the foreground, as the plane is worked on in the background. Two Yank Heroes Receive Medals Flanked by our national flag, Capt. Maurice L. Britt of Lonoke, Ark., stands at saiute before being presented the congressional medal of honor. He saved eight Yanks but lost his arm. Left: Corp. James E. Slaton of Laurel, Miss., ret elves the honor for wiping out three machine gun nests. He is the father of four sons. Floods Sweep Over Nebraska Scene on the higl way between Fremont and Hooper, Neb., where automobile traffic was paralyzed by floods following torrential rains which Inundated thousands of acres of land and brought heavy property damage as well as damage to crops and death to livestock in Nebraska and Missouri. % King Visits France King George (left) was met by Gen. Bernard Montgomery, com mander of the Allied ground forces in the Eto, when he landed on the French beachhead, to make an Inspection of his forces and objec tives won. Democratic Keynoter Gov. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma, who has been selected to make the keynote speech for the Democratic convention of 1944. Governor Kerr is 47 and a newcomer on the nation al political scene. Wounded,Now Walks An Allied casualty takes a few turns around the deck of an LST invasion ship after his wound was bandaged. A medical corpsman lends him a hand. This landing ship was converted into a first aid sta tion after it had delivered its load. Prisoners on Tour U. S. Army Major Peter J. Casein points out the Empire State build ing to Italian prisoners of war on a guided tour of New York. Th Italian war prisoners are fro* Camp Shanks. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT BOOKS—PAMPHLETS NOW AS NEVER BEFORE WE NEED GOD! Why do we go to the depths of despair be fore turning to God the Father? 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