The White Falcon - 02.10.1943, Page 5

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The picture at the left shows
ivhat the invasion of Italy look-
id like to the American dough-
boys who arrived early to estab-
lish a beachhead at Salerno. The
small invasion boats stretched as
far as the'eye could see, and all
of them were heavily laden with
men and equipment.
The Nazis or Japs will have another Rickenbacker to worry
about soon! Marine Pvt. David E. Rickenbacker (left), son of the
famous air ace, is pictured here learning bayonet fighting while
going through “boot” training a Parris Island, S.C. Dave wants
to be a Marine fighter pilot.
A spark from an electric welding torch started the fire (above)
that swept a roundhouse and shops of the New York Central rail-
road in Bellefontaine, Ohio.
In this first picture of the invasion of Italy
shown moving in amphibious “ducks” north
to arrive in America, British soldiers (above)
of “Reggio Calabria on the Italian peninsula.
Above, lucky Capt. Thomas C. Wallace of Pasadena, Calif., holds
a reunion with his bride, lovely Carole Landis, at a New York
night club. The blonde film star married Capt. Wallace while
on a tour of Britain to entertain troops.
Almost as potent as a “Buck
Rogers” ray gun, the Bazooka
(left) has proven deadly to Ger-
man tanks. Ordinarily one man
holds the weapon and another
but in a pinch one can
operate.it. The gun fires a rocket
with, fins, spurts flame out of its.
the marksman feels
practically no kick from the pow-
“tank-killer”.