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Dr. John A. Vietor, "Southwood," residence on Via Del Lago, Palm Beach, Florida. Axis, pool to loggia, 5:30 p.m.

Dr. John A. Vietor, "Southwood," residence on Via Del Lago, Palm Beach...

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An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is ready to leave the hand of an infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia American soldiers make good grenade throwers

An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is r...

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Silliman College, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. West facade, axis through trees

Silliman College, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. West facade...

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Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). There's no household task too arduous for this 1942-style American mother who spends eight hours a day working at the Frankford Arsenal to smash the Axis. When those banisters need cleaning and polishing, they get cleaned and polished by the lady of the house

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). There's no household task too arduous for t...

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A little miss hitting the mark. Although her mind is far from vengeance to be wrecked on the Axis powers, this little lady is contributing to their defeat. She has gathered up an old bicycle tire and other odds and ends to contribute to the scrap rubber collection drive. Reclaimed rubber made from these materials is playing an imcreasingly important part in the war effort. Large percentages of "reclaim" are now being used in many material articles, such as combat tires, self-sealing gas tanks, etc.. Help build up Uncle Sam's scrap rubbe pile by contributing any no longer used rubber articles you may have

A little miss hitting the mark. Although her mind is far from vengeanc...

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Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. A column of halftrac armored cars waits for orders to proceed to a practice engagement at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored service is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. A column of halftrac armored cars waits for...

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Fort Knox, Kentucky. Armored force personnel. The armored forces get a good type of soldier. This capable looking lieutenant, in training with his men at Fort Knox, Kentucky, is just finishing a course that will make him quite a problem for the Axis

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Armored force personnel. The armored forces get a...

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Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. A good type of soldier mans the M-3 tanks at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Fort Knox school for tank crews has graduated many men who are now ready to meet the Axis on our far-flung battle lines and on more than equal terms

Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. A good type of soldier mans the M-3 tanks a...

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Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York, on his recent tour of North African battlefronts, said mass for the men at the Fifty-seventh Fighter Group of the United States Army Ninth Air Force. This Air Force group is located "somewhere in Tunisia" and they are the boys who scored the biggest victory in the history of aviation, knocking almost 100 Axis transports and fighters out of the skies on one engagement. The archbishop held mass in a plane revetment at the Fifty-Seventh fighter base. The altar was set up and mass held on the spot. He said mass whenever and wherever there were boys who were interested in hearing one. Attendants at the mass were Major C.H. Logue, Catholic priest from Cleveland, Ohio, and Capptain J.E. McCarrity, Paulist priest from New York City and Air Force chaplain. They are seen in some of the pictures

Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York, on his recent tour of Nort...

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Fort Benning machine gunners. These boys have learned some tricks to show the Axis. This machine gun crew is finishing a sharpening-up course at Fort Benning, Georgia

Fort Benning machine gunners. These boys have learned some tricks to s...

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Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. A good type of soldier mans the M-3 tanks at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Fort Knox school for tank crews has graduated many men who are now ready to meet the Axis on our far-flung battle lines and on more than equal terms

Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. A good type of soldier mans the M-3 tanks a...

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A poster comes to life. The very life of each of these men depends upon the other. Soldier, steel worker, sailor, their destinies are interdependent in America's all-out war against the Axis. Sergeant French L. Vineyard, welder George Woolslayer and Aviation-radio Chief John Marshall Evans stand against the smoking chimneys of a steel mill, watching an electro-magnetic crane loading steel scrap into waiting cars

A poster comes to life. The very life of each of these men depends upo...

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Some of the damage done to Axis equipment between Tunis and Bizerte after the Allies delivered the knockout blow in Tunisia

Some of the damage done to Axis equipment between Tunis and Bizerte af...

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Axis propaganda. "Mistress of Three Oceans" is the boasting title of this picture layout in this Japanese propaganda magazine which Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War information, displayed on March 6, 1943. Mr. Davis explained how the OWI is fighting this propaganda in neutral countries

Axis propaganda. "Mistress of Three Oceans" is the boasting title of t...

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Axis propaganda. Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information, examines Nazi and Japanese propaganda organs which he displayed at a press conference on March 6, 1943, to show material the Axis is distributing in neutral countries and the material with which the OWI is fighting it

Axis propaganda. Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Informatio...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York touring the North African battle front, saying mass for the men at the 57th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force. This group, located "somewhere in Tunisia," knocked almost 100 Axis transports and fighters out of the skies in one engagement

Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York touring the North African b...

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Bomber crews of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force are being given a chalk talk by Major Frank W. Delong, squadron commander, before they take off on a mission over Axis territory. These are the heavy bomber groups who are disrupting Axis shipping in the Meditarranean, thus hastening the defeat of the remaining Axis troops in North Africa

Bomber crews of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force are being given a chalk ta...

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Mrs. Sidney Ross, residence at 784 Park Ave., New York City. Living room, axis to fireplace

Mrs. Sidney Ross, residence at 784 Park Ave., New York City. Living ro...

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Boscobel restoration, Garrison, New York. Over garden, axis to house

Boscobel restoration, Garrison, New York. Over garden, axis to house

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A United States tanker torpedoed by an Axis submarine. Despite a raging fire which sent columns of black, oily smoke billowing into the sky, crew members were able to bring the flames under control and the tanker was towed to port by a United States Naval ship. The tanker is now in an east coast ship yard being repaired and soon will be back in active service aiding the nation against its enemies

A United States tanker torpedoed by an Axis submarine. Despite a ragin...

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John W. Bullock, residence at Sunset Island, no. 2, Miami Beach, Florida. Dining room, axis, to living room, vertical

John W. Bullock, residence at Sunset Island, no. 2, Miami Beach, Flori...

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Bellmawr Homes, Camden, New Jersey. Long shot on axis

Bellmawr Homes, Camden, New Jersey. Long shot on axis

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One of our new battleships of the land: a mighty M-4 tank that will disturb a lot of Axis plans. In the welded hulls of these massive machines is armament that ensures tremendous firepower in the hands of tough, resourceful "tankers." Location: Fort Knox, Kentucky

One of our new battleships of the land: a mighty M-4 tank that will di...

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Fort Knox, Kentucky. M-3 tanks. The M-3 tank packs a wallop which the Axis is only beginning to feel. One of these capable monsters, with a tough American crew aboard, is put through its paces in the training area near Fort Knox, Kentucky

Fort Knox, Kentucky. M-3 tanks. The M-3 tank packs a wallop which the ...

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Conversion. Silverware plant. Undergoing conversion to production of bomb shackles from silver tableware, employees of an Eastern plant are helping America deal death to the Axis. Worker operating the progressive welder is fabricating bomb shackle frames. More than 500 operations on 100 parts are required to assemble the shackles. And incidentally, before it can be assembled, fifty parts requiring 167 tool operations are in order. Oneida Ltd., Oneida, New York

Conversion. Silverware plant. Undergoing conversion to production of b...

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Fort Knox, Kentucky. M-3 tanks. The M-3 tank packs a wallop which the Axis is only beginning to feel. One of these capable monsters, with a tough American crew aboard, is put through its paces in the training area near Fort Knox, Kentucky

Fort Knox, Kentucky. M-3 tanks. The M-3 tank packs a wallop which the ...

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New River, North Carolina. Marines in training. "Walking" up a rope hand over hand with full combat pack is an approved toughening-up exercise at the New River, North Carolina Marine base. Leathernecks who go in for conditioning routines like this will give the Axis some new ideas of what a hard-boiled man really is. Marine barracks, New River, North Carolina

New River, North Carolina. Marines in training. "Walking" up a rope ha...

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Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. Women work side by side with men to smash the Axis. Arming test of M-48 fuse bodies part of the routine inspection of shell parts at a former cash register factory now engaged in war production. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio

Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. Women work side by side w...

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Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Another stopper for the Axis. Sections of a marine balloon barrage over Paris Island, South Carolina. The swaying balloons with their trailing cables and steel winch lines make dive bombing and ground strafing of important locations too costly in planes and crews

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Another stopper for the ...

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Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. The crews of halftrac armored cars, in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are hardy, able men. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored services is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. The crews of halftrac armored cars, in trai...

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Enemy air equipment and installations took a heavy pounding from bombers of the United States Army air forces as they pursued Marshal Erwin Rommel's retreating Afrika Korps through Libya and Tripoli to the Tunisian coast. Wrecked Axis aircraft, victims of bombing and strafing lie piled up on Castel Nenito Airdrome, awaiting arrival of expert salvage crews to denude the wreckage of any usable parts, the remainder to be turned into scrap.

Enemy air equipment and installations took a heavy pounding from bombe...

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Axis propaganda. This pamphlet has the cover where most Americans expect to find the back page. That's because it was printed for the Chinese who turn their pages from left to right. It was one of many pamphlets displayed by Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information (OWI) to show what his organization is doing to overcome Axis propaganda abroad. This pamphlet emphasises to the Chinese that their fliers and our fliers are parts of the same team

Axis propaganda. This pamphlet has the cover where most Americans expe...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Some of the damage done to Axis equipment between Tunis and Bizerte after the Allies delivered the knockout blow

Some of the damage done to Axis equipment between Tunis and Bizerte af...

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Labels. North Africa, long starved by the Axis, sees the American flag on tea from the United States, 800 tons of it. Six million half-and-quarter-pound flag-stamped packages have been distributed so far. Fourteen million packages of cotton goods, used clothing, condensed and powder milk, sugar, tobacco, and other essentials have gone into North Africa since our occupation in November

Labels. North Africa, long starved by the Axis, sees the American flag...

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Baseball players in war production. Lunch hour at California Ship Building Corporation finds two of baseball's major leaguers talking things over. As fellow ship-builders at the California shipyards, George Stovall, retired manager of the Cleveland Indians, and Vince DiMaggio, Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder, agree that they're both members of the greatest American team in existence--the team that's all out to beat the Axis

Baseball players in war production. Lunch hour at California Ship Buil...

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Howard C. Brokaw, residence. Rear facade, axis

Howard C. Brokaw, residence. Rear facade, axis

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Gloucester Restaurant, business on W. 51st St., New York City. Axis view of exterior

Gloucester Restaurant, business on W. 51st St., New York City. Axis vi...

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Hill's Chapel, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. General to chancel, axis

Hill's Chapel, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. General to c...

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Stedman Hanks, residence in Locust Valley, Long Island. Axis view

Stedman Hanks, residence in Locust Valley, Long Island. Axis view

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Passerelle in Lincoln Park, Spanning North Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Route 41) on axis of East Menomonee Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Passerelle in Lincoln Park, Spanning North Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Rout...

Significance: This pedestrian bridge, or passerelle, is the only one spanning North Lake Shore Drive, a major commuter route through Chicago's Lincoln Park. The strikingly modern welded steel arch with concret... More

Passerelle in Lincoln Park, Spanning North Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Route 41) on axis of East Menomonee Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Passerelle in Lincoln Park, Spanning North Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Rout...

Significance: This pedestrian bridge, or passerelle, is the only one spanning North Lake Shore Drive, a major commuter route through Chicago's Lincoln Park. The strikingly modern welded steel arch with concret... More

Passerelle in Lincoln Park, Spanning North Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Route 41) on axis of East Menomonee Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Passerelle in Lincoln Park, Spanning North Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Rout...

Significance: This pedestrian bridge, or passerelle, is the only one spanning North Lake Shore Drive, a major commuter route through Chicago's Lincoln Park. The strikingly modern welded steel arch with concret... More

World's Fair, Italian Line restaurant, Italian Building. Terrace dining room, axis to front

World's Fair, Italian Line restaurant, Italian Building. Terrace dinin...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The New York World's Fair was a large international exposition held in New York C... More

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Ax...

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8th Army in Tripoli. The British 8th Army supply column turns aside to avoid a bomb crater, lower left, in the road by Axis planes as a roadblock for the British in the Tripoli campaign

8th Army in Tripoli. The British 8th Army supply column turns aside to...

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Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Ax...

British official photograph from OWI. No. D-8529. Public domain photograph of World War Two period military equipment, vehicle, 1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

S.A. Mitchell, residence in Locust Valley, Long Island. Entrance detail, axis

S.A. Mitchell, residence in Locust Valley, Long Island. Entrance detai...

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H.T. Morgan, residence at 31 LaGorce Cir., Miami Beach, Florida. Entrance facade, axis view

H.T. Morgan, residence at 31 LaGorce Cir., Miami Beach, Florida. Entra...

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Mrs. H. Mercer Walker, residence in El Vedado, Palm Beach, Florida. Dining room, axis to fireplace

Mrs. H. Mercer Walker, residence in El Vedado, Palm Beach, Florida. Di...

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Fort Benning. 60 mm. mortars. A couple of experts at slowing up the Axis timetable. These two members of a machine gun crew doing post-graduate work at Fort Benning, Georgia with a 60 mm. mortar. It's a piece that can do a lot of damage, and they know how to use it

Fort Benning. 60 mm. mortars. A couple of experts at slowing up the A...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Radio room of the New York Times newspaper. The Times listening post, between 10 and 12 PM, between first and second editions. The operator is listening to Axis news (propaganda) broadcast. Paper in foreground has been previously examined to see what has already been covered in last edition of paper. Operator reports and new angles to city editor. Messages are recorded on tape in international Morse code

New York, New York. Radio room of the New York Times newspaper. The Ti...

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Fort Benning. Armored forces personnel. Lieutenant of the armored forces. One of the men who are "in all the way" to upset the Axis timetable

Fort Benning. Armored forces personnel. Lieutenant of the armored forc...

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Steuben Glass, business at 718 5th Ave., New York City. Rear room, axis to front

Steuben Glass, business at 718 5th Ave., New York City. Rear room, axi...

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Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Mayna Lentz performs a milling machine operation on the pawl pin of a machine gun that will tell the Axis about the superiority of American weapons. This girl operator in a large Eastern plant is one of many women arsenal workers producing essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Mayna Lentz performs a m...

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Fort Benning. Halftrac scout cars. Uncle Sam's drivers of the armored forces are the world's best. This corporal, tooling a haflftrac scout car through the training area at Fort Benning, Georgia, will give the Axis many worries

Fort Benning. Halftrac scout cars. Uncle Sam's drivers of the armored ...

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New River, North Carolina. Marines in training. "Walking" up a rope hand over hand with full combat pack is an approved toughening-up exercise at the New River, North Carolina Marine base. Leathernecks who go in for conditioning routines like this will give the Axis some new ideas of what a hard-boiled man really is. Marine barracks, New River, North Carolina

New River, North Carolina. Marines in training. "Walking" up a rope ha...

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Edwin J. Beinecke, residence on Cliffdale Rd., Greenwich, Connecticut. Entrance facade, axis

Edwin J. Beinecke, residence on Cliffdale Rd., Greenwich, Connecticut....

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Conversion. Safe and lock company. Assembling the weapons of Victory. In a factory which formerly manufactured safes and locks, Uncle Sam's armed forces are being provided with thirty-seven-millimeter guns and gun mounts to blast the Axis off the map. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Safe and lock company. Assembling the weapons of Victory. ...

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Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia includes such methods of collection as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so that their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells, guns, and tanks with which to beat the Axis

Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Vir...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. M-3 tank crew members, in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, get intensive practice in meeting every situation that may arise on the battlefield. The Fort Knox school for tank crews has graduated many men who are now ready to meet the Axis on our far-flung battle lines and on more than equal terms

Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. M-3 tank crew members, in training at Fort ...

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Production. Submarine chasers. Another worry for the U-boats. A new American subchaser that will hound the undersea craft of the Axis is commissioned at an Eastern boatyard. Target boats are moored alongside. Marine Construction Company, Stamford, Connecticut

Production. Submarine chasers. Another worry for the U-boats. A new Am...

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Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. This light tank, used at Fort Knox, Kentucky, for training and hardening crews for the armored forces, is helping to turn out fighters who will give the Axis some new ideas of what trouble really is

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. This light tank, used at Fort Knox, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. Mighty M-3 tanks carry their hard-boiled crews along a road in the military reservation at Fort Knox, Kentucky, learn all the ways of causing trouble for the Axis with. The Fort Knox school for tank crews has graduated many men who are now ready to meet the Axis on our far-flung battle lines and on more than equal terms

Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. Mighty M-3 tanks carry their hard-boiled cr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. From garage to defense workshop. George Carell who successfully converted his garage into a defense workshop is shown checking finished parts of war products with micometer. The garage and basement form his factory. No waste of space or time here. Carell got to work without delay and his makeshift factory is going full blast grinding out tools to beat the axis

Conversion. From garage to defense workshop. George Carell who success...

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Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. The light tanks used at Fort Knox, Kentucky, for training and hardening crews for our armored forces, are graduating tough, competent "tankers" who will soon be giving the Axis some pointers on modern warfare

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. The light tanks used at Fort Knox, K...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-25 bombers. They'll soon be ready to hurl their might at the Axis. New B-25 medium bombers nearing the end of a Western aircraft assembly line. General Doolittle calls it the best military plane in existence. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bombers. They'll soon be ready to hurl their might at...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. A good type of soldier mans the M-3 tanks at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Fort Knox school for tank crews has graduated many men who are now ready to meet the Axis on our far-flung battle lines and on more than equal terms

Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. A good type of soldier mans the M-3 tanks a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Axis propaganda. This pamphlet has the cover where most Americans expect to find the back page. That's because it was printed for the Chinese who turn their pages from left to right. It was one of many pamphlets displayed by Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information (OWI) to show what his organization is doing to overcome Axis propaganda abroad. This pamphlet emphasises to the Chinese that their fliers and our fliers are parts of the same team

Axis propaganda. This pamphlet has the cover where most Americans expe...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York touring the North African battle front, saying mass for the men at the 57th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force. This group, located "somewhere in Tunisia," knocked almost 100 Axis transports and fighters out of the skies in one engagement

Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York touring the North African b...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a refugee camp, migrant workers, 1930s, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Axis propaganda. "Mistress of Three Oceans" is the boasting title of this picture layout in this Japanese propaganda magazine which Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War information, displayed on March 6, 1943. Mr. Davis explained how the OWI is fighting this propaganda in neutral countries

Axis propaganda. "Mistress of Three Oceans" is the boasting title of t...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

These French airplane engines were undamaged in the attack and are in good working order. They will now be used against the Axis by the French air force in North Africa

These French airplane engines were undamaged in the attack and are in ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Some of the damage done to Axis equipment between Tunis and Bizerte after the Allies delivered the knockout blow

Some of the damage done to Axis equipment between Tunis and Bizerte af...

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Axis propaganda. Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information, examines Nazi and Japanese propaganda organs which he displayed at a press conference on March 6, 1943, to show material the Axis is distributing in neutral countries and the material with which the OWI is fighting it

Axis propaganda. Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Informatio...

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Axis propaganda. This pamphlet, telling the story of the American airmen appears here in three of the many languages in which it has been translated. These pamphlets are distributed abroad to combat Axis propaganda, Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information (OWI), told newspapermen at his press conference on March 6, 1943

Axis propaganda. This pamphlet, telling the story of the American airm...

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William Snaith, residence on Georgetown Rd., RD 3, Georgetown, Connecticut. General axis view

William Snaith, residence on Georgetown Rd., RD 3, Georgetown, Connect...

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Playhouse, Ponciana Plaza, Palm Beach, Florida. House, from stage, axis

Playhouse, Ponciana Plaza, Palm Beach, Florida. House, from stage, axi...

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Passerelle in Lincoln Park, Spanning North Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Route 41) on axis of East Menomonee Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Passerelle in Lincoln Park, Spanning North Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Rout...

Significance: This pedestrian bridge, or passerelle, is the only one spanning North Lake Shore Drive, a major commuter route through Chicago's Lincoln Park. The strikingly modern welded steel arch with concret... More

M.M. Van Beuren, residence in Middletown, Rhode Island. Axis view from platform

M.M. Van Beuren, residence in Middletown, Rhode Island. Axis view from...

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J.J. Bodell, residence at 61 Intervale Rd., Providence, Rhode Island. View on axis, center section

J.J. Bodell, residence at 61 Intervale Rd., Providence, Rhode Island. ...

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The crew of an M-3 tank learn all the ways of causing trouble for the Axis with a 75-mm. gun, a 37-mm. gun and four machine guns, Fort Knox, Ky. The Fort Knox School for tank crews has graduated many men who are now ready to meet the enemy on our far flung battle lines -- and on more than equal terms. [Tank] commander

The crew of an M-3 tank learn all the ways of causing trouble for the ...

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How lend-lease strikes at the Axis. A lend-lease tank coming over the side of a cargo ship in a United States Atlantic Coast port. Many tanks are carried as deck-load

How lend-lease strikes at the Axis. A lend-lease tank coming over the ...

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French warships refitted in U.S. ports to resume war on Axis. The 35,000-ton Richelieu, largest battleship of the French Navy, arrives at an East coast port of the United States after crossing the Atlantic from Dakar to be fitted out to resume the fight against the Axis. Three more French warships are in American ports for new equipment. Forty-two other units of the French navy are in action, or preparing to go into action, in the ranks of the United Nations

French warships refitted in U.S. ports to resume war on Axis. The 35,0...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. He's not drawing a bead on an enemy ship, but he's hitting at the Axis just the same. Formerly a Work Projects Administration timekeeper (WPA), this employee of a small Eastern manufacturing firm is now producing small parts for America's war machine, due to the company's subcontract for defense work. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. He's not drawing a bead on an enemy shi...

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Production. 45-caliberautomatic pistols. Anna Healey turns and drills butt millings on the ejector of .45-caliber automatic pistols in the plant of a large manufacturer of firearms. This plant produces pistols, machine guns and other weapons that will soon be spreading trouble for the Axis. Many men and women are employed here producing pistols, machine guns and other essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. 45-caliberautomatic pistols. Anna Healey turns and drills ...

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Women aircraft workers. She can't forget Pearl Harbor, and she's determined that Hitler and Hirohito shall have cause to remember it. Mrs. Evelyn J. W. Casola, Pearl Harbor widow, drills rivet holes in the belly gun door of a U.S. bomber, soon to storm over Axis lands, showing death to the aggressors

Women aircraft workers. She can't forget Pearl Harbor, and she's deter...

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Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Brass discs are conveyed to a cupping press that forms them into the brass cups from which cartridge cases for three-inch antiaircraft shells are drawn. They look harmless enough but each one will be a potential headache for Axis fliers by the time it comes off the production line

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Brass discs are conveyed to a cupping...

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For insurance against the Axis, buy defense bonds and stamps. You can get them at your bank, post office, department store and from your newsboy. Buy them regularly and frequently

For insurance against the Axis, buy defense bonds and stamps. You can ...

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Fort Story coast defense. Men and sixteen-inch guns at Fort Story, Virginia, prepare to resist Axis agression d

Fort Story coast defense. Men and sixteen-inch guns at Fort Story, Vir...

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American wings over Africa. A B-25 medium bomber (foreground) is escorted by a group of A-20 light bombers serving as fighter ships over the North African desert. Their objective was an advance Axis headquarters

American wings over Africa. A B-25 medium bomber (foreground) is escor...

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New River, North Carolina. Marines in training. Leatherneck, 1942 style. A fighting man of the Fleet Marine Force, dressed in one of the new field uniforms. He has just put in at the New River, North Carolina Marine base to sharpen up on some of the new tricks our boys will spring on the Axis. Marine barracks, New River, North Carolina

New River, North Carolina. Marines in training. Leatherneck, 1942 styl...

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Fort Benning machine gunners. A couple of experts at slowing up the Axis timetable. These two members of a machine gun crew doing post-graduate work at Fort Benning, Georgia have a fast, accurate piece, and they know how to use it

Fort Benning machine gunners. A couple of experts at slowing up the Ax...

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A poster comes to life. An arm that's taking a crack at the Axis. Allegheny Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. An arm that's taking a crack at the Axis. Alle...

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Manpower. Americans all. Checo Blanco comes from a long line of Americans, some of whom probably resented those "immigrants" who came over here on the Mayflower. An Apache Indian from the Mescalaro Reservation in Arizona, Blanco is fighting to protect the land of his forefathers from encroachment by the Axis wreckers. He's a skilled machine operator who is processing parts for Uncle Sam's medium tanks in a huge Midwest plant. Pressed Steel Can Company, Chicago, Illinois

Manpower. Americans all. Checo Blanco comes from a long line of Americ...

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Fort Knox. M-4 tanks and crews. One of our new battleships of the land, a mighty M-4 tank that will disturb a lot of Axis plans. In the welded hulls of these massive machines are armament that ensures tremendous firepower in the hands of tough, resourceful "tankers." Location: Fort Knox, Kentucky

Fort Knox. M-4 tanks and crews. One of our new battleships of the land...

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Mitchell Field. Bad news for the Axis when the rear-belly turret gun of an American bomber speaks its piece. The air crew officer at the gun is equipped for any emergency of flight or combat

Mitchell Field. Bad news for the Axis when the rear-belly turret gun o...

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Bertram A. Stroock, residence at 824 88th St., Miami Beach, Florida. Patio, axis view

Bertram A. Stroock, residence at 824 88th St., Miami Beach, Florida. P...

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Manpower. Americans all. Like most of the young workers in a huge Midwest medium-tank plant, Herman Silldorf is an American of foreign-born parents. A skilled machine operator, young Silldorf, whose parents came here from Germany, processes parts for medium tanks with the hope that some day soon he'll be driving one of those tanks, taking a direct (instead of an indirect) slap at the Axis. Pressed Steel Can Company, Chicago, Illinois

Manpower. Americans all. Like most of the young workers in a huge Midw...

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Mrs. Smuda's son. He used to drive a bakery wagon, but now he drives a truck for Uncle Sam. Private Edwin Smuda at camp "somewhere in the South" is one of America's many fighting men with mothers who are working just as hard for Victory as they are. Mrs. Eva Smuda, fifty-five, works eight hours a day in Frankford, Pennsylvania's arsenal where she tapers cartridge cases for 50mm shells. Another mother and son combination that means death to the Axis

Mrs. Smuda's son. He used to drive a bakery wagon, but now he drives a...

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Some of the damage done to Axis equipment between Tunis and Bizerte after the Allies delivered the knockout blow in Tunisia

Some of the damage done to Axis equipment between Tunis and Bizerte af...

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Axis propaganda. This pamphlet is shown in three languages--Dutch, Afrikaans and English--of the many into which it has been translated. Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information, displayed these and others to show what the OWI was doing in fighting Nazi propaganda abroad

Axis propaganda. This pamphlet is shown in three languages--Dutch, Afr...

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