Yanks at Home Abroad BYTE War Dispatch
Soldiers on both sides exchange taunts and questions as American GIs visit an Eastern Front theater in the Philippines. A Yank corners a Japanese fighter and urges surrender before the foe dies. Spontaneous cheers greet the Americans from a packed crowd as autograph seekers press in for signatures and questions about America. The crew returns to base aboard a C-47 after their Russian welcome.
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Philippines
Bill Aldine
YANK
America
Mark M. Harwood
Moorefield
W. Va
U.S.S. R
Russian Reception OMEWHERE In The U S S R Front Line Visit
A B 24 crew returning from Italy lands behind Russian lines to a mixed crowd of Czechoslovakian officers Russian fighters mechanics and civilians. They are fed a traditional Russian meal and treated to an American farce produced in Polish titled A Day Without a Lie. The visit shows the odd blend of cultures and wartime camaraderie near the front.
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Italy
E. J. Rostedt
Brooklyn
Conn
States
Bob Hope
C. Mayo
Vineland, N. J
Army aims triumph over desert flies at Camp Huckstep
In Cairo, Camp Huckstep faced a plague of Egyptian flies until a bold post order required every officer and enlisted man to kill 30 flies daily. The unusual fix worked, and the camp now has far fewer flies. The tale contrasts the right way and the Army way, marking a rare successful outcome in a long line of blunders.
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Middle East
Camp Huckstep
Cairo
U. S. Army
Huckstep
Chop It Down Somewhere in France
A World War II field dispatch describes an Engineer Forestry outfit of GIs in France. They wear high black boots, speak of swamping and limbing, chokers and jammers, timber cruisers and slab piles, and reference a mysterious Biltmore stick.
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France
U. S
Biltmore
Hidden German pillboxes and forest saw mills aid war effort
German pillboxes are secretly concealed, causing clashes during push toward Roer River high ground. In France, engineers and forestry units supply timber, pilings, and railway ties to build bridges and roads for a mobile army, with portable saw mills operating around the clock. Captain Winton Bernardin leads a headquarters company of the engineering unit.
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Ermany
Roer River
405Th Infantry
France
Winton Bernardin
American rifleman advances through Aachen battle scene
Pvt Ralph J. De Franco of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania moves through a war torn building in Aachen as a Signal Corps photographer captures attempts to film a German sniper. The cover credits list multiple studios and personnel across the Signal Corps and U.S. Army including Sgt. Steve Derry and Lucas Pritchard with various location mentions nationwide.
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Aachen
Germany
Ralph J. de Franco
Pittsburgh
Momen
Signal Corps
de Franco
Acme
Steve Derry
Derry
U.S. Navy
Vandamm Studio
Vandamm
Pix Inc
Lucas Pritchard
Dick Hanley
U.S. Army
Forest logging unit blends skills from many walks of life
The Army forestry battalion trains three companies spread across India and the South Pacific with a separate forestry unit in the U. S. Its commander Lt. Maurice Reeves and crews like S/Sgt Al Rabin, Cpl Harold Liesh, and S/Sgt Joseph Hager bring diverse backgrounds from farming to manufacturing. They turn to logging and sawmilling amid war-torn deployments, aiming to reclaim and harvest forests while facing war remnants and hard realities.
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Gineer Forestry Battalion
India
South Pacific
U. S
Maurice Reeves
al Rabin
Milwaukee
Wis
Harold J. Liesh
St. Paul
Minn
Joseph A. Hager
Los Angeles
Calif
Germany
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Yanks
Doris Perkins
Baton Rouge
Pearl Harbor
U.S. West Coast
Pillbox
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