Around tlie World News in Pictures
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JUNGLE FIGHTER S—Crowds line streets ef Melbourne
to watch a parade of Australian jungle fighters.
OFFICIAL 0. 0. COAST MASS PHOTO
Coast Guardsmen from an invasion transport remove an Army cas
ualty from the flaming beach of Leyte Island at the height of the libera
tion strike into the heart of the Philippines. From a Coast Guard
manned transport, these seasoned invaders move in the troops in landing
barges and go back with the wounded.
SUPERFORT HEADS FOR JAPAN —Off for another strike at the heart of industrial Japan, this giant Superfortress leaves
its base on Saipan as ground crewmen watch. Superfort bombings of Japan are becoming more fre^ueut.
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PEACEFUL TARAWA SCENE —On Tarawa Island, a year after the first U. S. attach
water tanks now crown an old Jap power plant. In foreground, aeration plant built by Seabees.
MODERN M I N I N C — ^ miner c'irects a powerful Jet of water against glacial gravel at the *
Lowhee mine at Barkerv^.., B. O. Gravel knocked loose will be panned for gold.
SONGBIRD — Ingebor*
Nordquist (above), 13-year-old
lyric soprano from Crotonville,
i N. Y., has her name on a movie
, contract as a result of a success-. 1
ful screen test appearance.