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Under wraps, but ready for instant use, one of two 12-pound guns aboard the BritIsh liner Aquitania. gives t-‘fe passenger ship a war- like appearance as she comes into New York harbor. The zlg-zag, submarine-creditor course the Aquitania followed in its trans- Atlantic trip made use of guns unnecessary.

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Ts liric Calcrnft went from London to Warsaw, before the in. s rtcd. and was in Poland during the German invasion. lie ram." t... vfth remarkable on-thc-scene shots of the real horrors of r r -li"c svffcrirg cf‘ ihcsc not in the trenches. Trree of H! llirtrr - are rhmvn here. Above, a wounded Warsaw oiviiiaxi re- ceives treatment on strcct.

(er-turn! by Polish forces, these German soldiers and atiatcrs are Iosrched through Warsaw suburbs, where Polish soldiers and "Vilians are reported making desperate efforts to thwart invasion °' miiital. Exclusive photo by Erie Calcraft, NBA staff photog-

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End of a great adventure: These three Houston, Tern, girls were aboard the British liner Athenia when she

was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast. Aboard students wave lrppiiy as they near shore at llalifax,

NEA Photographer Eric Calrrolt, recently decorated caught this spectacular shot of Warsaw homes, being burned to London, passed t? rough British

blaze was caused by German incendiary bombs.

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Uncle Sam's "ghost fleet" _nf 113 vessels- ‘ of the famed “bridge of ships" to Europe

War-may be resurrected. Laid up since the war‘s end they at Solomon's Island,

with the threat of war hanging over the city, London wls forced to take extraordinar

and przsactl cvcry available vehicle into service. Her drhcr in charge.

the American freighter City of Flint,

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hy Polish government for meritorious work,

by flames of battle. Photo was rushed

censorship, which stated houses arc those of working class people,

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in the World are in good condition. Above, some of the ships

Marshal Petain

Petain, "France's soldier," ex-

Marshal Henri greatest living peeted to become the nation's war minister 33 years old

b¢5t known as hero at de- fense of Verdun studied at Salnt Cyr fnfa/ntry school, be- came professor firing tactics at Slllrreme War College 1,5 Lieutenant Petain, was best marks_ "m" i" "my commander-in- chief on western front 1N1 nation's troops to victory in Moroc- co fulfilled a life-long dream at 64 when he married his boy- hood sweetheart organized France's aerial defenses is al- ways awed by skyscrapers in 192G, returned to teaching in School of War at ram. Whm Francisco Franco was pupil .. list March. appointed, ambassador to Natoinalist. Spain doesn't like to he photographed when not in uniform.

General Gamelin

Gen. Maurice Marie Gustave Gamelin, often rated as Europe's best tactical soldier, heads France's

armed forces 67 paints water colors liked toy guns and soldiers as child entered

Saint Cyr, French Wat Point after graduation in 1893, joined Algiers Rifles in Africa re- turned home to serve with goo- graphical corps as protege of Marshal Joffe, rose to brlgadier- general v planned winning strategy at battle of the Marne... after World War, headed military

mission to Brazil in 1925, took over command of French garrison in Syria, put down revolt ‘by Druse

warriors succeeded. Maximo Weygand as inspector-general in 1935 he can instantly recite

any military order Napoleon ever gave married on 54th birth- ay.

y precautions against all forms of destruction.

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Churchill in the (abinet insisted that he would speed thin s u This picture taken recently in London, appears to vindicategthegr

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According to British and Polish censors, this picture shows young boy, blinded in Nazi air raid on Warsaw, being led to safety by police. Eliot.) was taken during early bombardment of (pity by

NEA Staff Photographer Eric Caleraft.

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