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Leave center for U.S. Troops in Brussels. American soldiers are shown after their arrival at the Channel Base Section Leave Center in Brussels, Belgium. Here, combat men who have known only the grime and blood of battle are provided with almost-forgotten luxuries. Hot showers, new clothing, clean sheets, hot food and other comforts greet new arrivals. Tailoring services are available free, as well ...

French and U.S. generals see Americans advance through Paris. As the Americans advanced through the French capital after its liberation August 25, 1944, General Charles de Gaulle, president of the French Committee of National Liberation, and other French leaders, including General Jacques Philippe Leclerc, Commander of the Second French Armered Division, as well as Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley, ...

Waiting home after their libertaion from Changi. Writing home and knowing that your letter would reach there, is quite a change for these boys, who were prisoners of War in the camp in Siangapore named Changi. The men are well supplied with cigarettes now, but until the Japanese capitulation the only cigarettes available to prisoners was a weeg growing wild, dried, chopped up and hammered to a small ...

Small craft transport naval officers to pre-landing parley near Borneo. Small craft serving high ranking officers idle in the water near the flagship of a U.S. Naval admiral holding a conference preceding the June 9, 1945 Allied landings on Borneo. The landing - the first of the war on the mainland of Borneo - was made in the Brunei Bay area of Borneo's northwest coast and on Labuan Island, guarding ...

Prins Bernhard, op voordracht van de koningin door generaal Eisenhower benoemd tot opperbevelhebber van de Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten (BS), vertrok in september 1944 direct naar België om van daaruit het Nederlandse verzet te bundelen. Onvermoeibaar reisde hij de pas bevrijde steden en dorpen af. Pas op 2 augustus 45 arriveerden de drie prinsesjes in Nederland. Zij waren in Londen opgehaald door de ...

The social life of the 2,500 Netherlanders ex-prisoners of War in Bangkok consists of concerts and plays which bring full houses whenever they are staged. The character dressed as a newsboy is Wim Kan, a well known Netherlands cabaretier, who as a prisoner of war himself, ran shows all through his internment and showed great ingenuity considering the total lack of facilities at his disposal. The two ...

Leave center for U.S. Troops in Brussels. The three soldiers rest for a moment during a tour of the Blegian capital. In the background is the Cinquentenaire Monument, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Belgian independence. Although men on leave may do what they wish with their time, tours of the city and its 17th Century buildings are arranged for them as well as other educational and recreational ...

krantenartikel 'Furniture Removal Under Fire'. Beschreven staat hoe Y.M.C.A. werkers meubelen hebben verzameld uit een Duitse goederentrein die is achtergebleven in bevrijd gebied. De Meubels waren voor het Y. .M.C.A. leave centre aan de Oranjesingel 42 (O42), Nijmegen. Hierover staat: "The centre is less than three miles from the front line in Holland, but is complete with central heating, hot baths, ...

War is over, killing goes on. To combat the ever growing number of killings by carelessness with explosives a special Government service is making the rounds of schools in the war provinces. Trained men speak to the boys and girls, tells them of the danger and of their responsibility when playing with 'souvenirs'. The men are doing this work so well that countless dangerous projectiles and other material ...