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New York Bureau
Army Trucks Step In
London -- Stranded when London bus drivers went on strike in objection to long working hours recently, these Britishers wait to climb into Royal Army trucks that took over bus routes while grievances were being discussed. Using a mineral water crate as a step, one woman climbs into the truck pinch-hitting for Bus 73.
Credit: ACME 5-3-44

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NEW YORK BUREAU
U.S. STAR MARKS ALLIED INVASION VEHICLES
ENGLAND – The five pointed white star which, until recently, marked trucks, tanks and other vehicles of the U.S. forces, will mark all vehicles of the Allied Expeditionary Force for the forthcoming invasion. An example ofh the complete integration of men and equipment under the command of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the “invasion star” here, (above), is shown being painted on British Army vehicles “somewhere in England.” This photo was radioed from London to New York tonight.
Credit: Acme radio photo 5-31-44

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New York Bureau
Enemy Mines Take Toll
Washington, D.C. – Even though the enemy may have been driven from this sector of the invasion beachhead, all is not safe. Overturned Bren Carrier (left) moving on a French road hit a mine and was flipped over as easily as one turns over a matchstick.
Credit: Official Canadian photo from London via Signal Corps Radio-telephoto from ACME 6-13-44

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New York Bureau
Check for Mines in Rapid Advance
France -- A British sapper checks the ground about a smashed bren-gun carrier in the battered streets of Tilly-Burseulles. Other tommies march ahead through the town captured recently after bitter fighting.
Credit: British War Office photo from ACME 6-22-44

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PATH BEATER
An Allied secret weapon is the British flail tank called the “Scorpion.” The tank is equipped with chains extended from a boom, which revolve rapidly beating the ground ahead and exploding mines planted by the Nazis. Moving forward in formation the tanks clear the way for advancing infantrymen and supporting vehicles.
Credit (British Official Photo from ACME) 6-29-44

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Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Tanks Charge to Battle
France—British tanks dash across a cornfield in France to engage German armored forces in what may amount to the decisive battle for the key city of Caen. German broadcasts have stated that the British drive represented “a gigantic attempt to cut off and capture Caen.”
Credit: British war office photo via Army radiotelephoto from ACME. 6-30-44

New York Bureau
British Advance Near Caen
France—British tanks and infantry advance across a cornfield near Caen, France to widen the gap torn in the enemy defenses. A great armored battle is raging south of Caen as British drove on toward the Orne River. Reports from the front state that the enemy is putting up his most desperate defense since American troops cut the Cherbourg Peninsula.
Credit: British war office photo via Signal Corps radiotelephoto from ACME. 6-30-44

Radiotelephoto
New York Bureau
Speeds to Battle
France—A Sherman tank followed by a dispatch rider pass British infantrymen using a ditch for shelter while holding positions on a roadside between Tilly and Caen. Headquarters has announced that 60 German tanks have been knocked out in the racing battles around Caen.
Credit: US Army radiotelephoto from ACME. 6-30-44

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New York Bureau
Wounded Tommies Ride Double Decker
France – Wounded in the fierce assault that stormed the River Orne and enabled the British to take Caen, three Tommies ride a Double Decker Jeep, manned by two medics, on their way to the rear for treatment. Note the hastily constructed pontoon bridge stretched across a stream.
Credit: ACME 7-7-44

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New York Bureau
And The Rains Came
Normandy, France - Battling the Germans in the area around Caen, British troops had to combat heavy rains as well as enemy fire. Here British Tommies advance through a small village, marching knee-deep in water while their vehicles bog down in the mud.
Credit: US Army Radiotelephoto from ACME 7-24-44

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