Around the World News in Pictures
MAIL CALL AT S E A — Bn route to battle, a 0. S. Navy
aviation ordnaneeman seises a moment’s leisure to perch atop oao
of the bombs ready for loading Into the bomb-bay of a carrier
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BIG BURMESE IDOL — Two members of an RAF ad
vanced assault party on Ramee Island examine the bejeweled
head of a huge Burmese idol, found in one of the monasteries.
• The image is 40 feet long and 30 feet in height.
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BERC-HTESGADEN VI LL AS—Mountain villas nestle ayainst the slope at tho tdye of tho
town of Berchtesyaden, in southern Germany, near Hitler’s Beryhof hideaway.
PROPELLER SPIRAL — On an Essex class carrier of the U. S. Navy a Marine-piloted
Vought Corsair, ready for the takeoff, makes a pattern with its propeller tips.
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