The White Falcon - 24.07.1943, Blaðsíða 6

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Former presidential yacht, the Mayflower, used by seven presi-
dents from Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Hoover, undergoes
reconditioning at Norfolk, Va., for use as Coast Guard convoy
escort vessel under the name of Butte.
Marine Private inspects carvings of a native duck and lizard
done while he was a patient in U.S. Naval hospital in New
Zealand.#With him is New Zealand member of the American
Red Cross.
One of the most dramatic pictures of war
(above) shows Chinese nurse tending wound-
ed soldier in field while medical corpsman
helps another casualty to dressing station
under Jap fire.
Freak accident in which carrier-based plane did nose-stand
while trying to land on heaving deck of U.S. flat-top in Pacific
caused nary a flutter of excitement among veteran crew mem-
bers who extricated pilot, miraculously uninjured, and fixed
plane in 24 hours. 1^4, :
Posse of ranchers gathers (below) at home of
Laramie, Wyo., couple killed by gunman. Shortly
after picture was taken, the posse fanned out over
the rough countryside to track down killer who
terrorized vicinity.
Official Air
Corps photo
taken during
bombing run
by Flying Fort-
ress formation
over Italian
railroad mar-
shalling yards
shows rear
gunner S/Sgt.
V. E. Baker of
Antioch, Ohio,
(right) who
has come out
of his cramped
quarters for a
break.
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