Around the W)rld News in Pictures
‘FORTRESS EUROPE’ 6ESIECE D—An Allied armada lies ofT the coast of Normandy as landing boats disgorge trucks
^ and tanks shortly after the June 6 invasion of Europe. This was the start of Geu. Eisenhower's campaign to free France. <
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SHOWGIRL _ Rita Hay.
worth, screen actress, poses
fetchingly in the costnme she
wears in the role of a showgirl
in a London theatre during the
_first blitz._I
V>BOMB HORRO R—Mutilated civilians lie on the street of a Belgian city, a few of the many
victims of P rman V-bombr. v continued to rain on England, France and Lou lands.
CHIEF — Gen. Dwight D.i
T iter, bower (above), supremo
.■•Muut commander in the Euro*
t>e»n theater of operations, di*
if.'led .til United Nations forces
in the invasion of Europe and
b‘*l his troops in their march,
across Franca to the Rhine.r
YANKS, IN LIBERATE D^P A R IS — With the Arc de Triomphe behind them, American soldiers parade down Champs
Elysees on August 26 to celebrate liberation of the French capital. French civilians welcomed the Yanks with flowers, fruit and wine.
ALLEN IN GYM WO R K 0 U T-Comedian Fred Al
len (right), back from making a movie in Hollywood, runs a lap
with Mike Pedbereznak as the latter completed his 21,000th mile
in 21 years at the West Side YJVl.C.A., New York City.