1944 SEPTEMBER KODAK MAGAZINE – WW II - MAJURO IN THE MMARSHALLS, BOMBING NORMANDY, ISIGNY FRANCE, SAIPAN, KODAK RHINO FERRY, B25 ON WOTJE ISLAND, NAZI PRISONERS IN ITALY, KODAK BOMBARDIER, “STRATOSPHERE GUN,” KODAK EMPLOYEES IN THE ARMED FORCES.
A MAGAZINE FOR EASTMAN EMPLOYEES
8 ½” x 11” 16 pages
USED: Corners bent, curled.
Sunrise on the High Seas: This unusual photograph showing clearly the early morning sunlight trying to break through the dark, low-hanging clouds, was taken from the deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. Peacefulness of the scene is deceiving, for the carrier had already launched a scouting force. On the upper platform of the carrier, silhouetted against the sky, men watch anxiously for signs of the enemy.
Albert F. Sulzer
Optical pattern: Kodak’s products-for-war in the precision-optics field are diversified indeed, ranging from the highly complex height finder and other fire-control instruments to optical parts. This interesting picture of prisms was taken at Hawk-Eye by Leon Forgie.
The Signal Corps
Albert J. Bollow, Milwaukee Stores
Colonel Oscar N. Solbert ( Kodak Office) is chief of the U.S. Army’s Special Services in the European Theater of Operations.
First Lieutenant Donald W. McKibben (Milwaukee Store), right, proudly displays his squadron commander the Red Star which he was given by a woman second lieutenant in Russia.
Bombs Away! The bombardiers give the familiar cry and several clusters of bombs fall in neat patterns towards Torus. Smoke markers, which were used by the B-24’s rise in the background right.
Shattered houses and an air of eerie desolation mark the town of St. Jacque de Nehou as Allied troops march through. Scenes like this were many along the hard-fought road to Cherbourh.
Time Out for a Bite on Saipan
Foxhole buddies: a Marine first sergeant shares the spoils of war – bananas, in this case – with a native goat, one of the few survivors of bombardment of the island of Saipan.
Kodak-made pontoons in action: this “Rhino Ferry,” – 30 pontoons long by 6 wide and powered by two large outboard motors – moves a load of trucks and supplies into the beachhead. The “Rhino Ferry” proved itself a splendid “secret weapon” during the landings along the French Coast
A Mitchell B-25 medium bomber of the U.S. Army 7th AF is pictured as it flies away from the scene of its bombing, Jap installations on Wotje Island. Kodak makes optical parts and subassemblies for other producers, including most of the optical systems for American bombsights.
A tired, bedraggled group of Nazi prisoners is herded to the rear, in Italy, captives of the 5th Army. How wounded prisoners are cared for is told in this story by an Army nurse.
First Lieutenant Robert L. Cary (Research Laboratories), right discusses the target with his navigator after both received their battle baptism over Nazi lines in France. “It’s just like graduating from the minor leagues to the bi leagues,” says the lieutenant. “You know that they play for keeps here. We had been training for this very event for many months, and now we were actually given a chance to prove ourselves.” About his future missions, this Kodak bombardier says: “They can’t give them to us fast enough.”
Retires – Joins Up “If I can’t fight myself, I’d like to hold the coats of the boys who can,” said veteran Kodak Park employee Harry L. Spears when he retired last March after 32 years’ service. So, Mr. Spears joined the Red Cross and is now a field director.
One of the most powerful weapons America has produced is the “stratosphere gun,” a 120-mm. antiaircraft weapon, developed by the Ordnance Department. The gun is capable of firing a projectile into the stratosphere, 20,000 feet higher than any other known antiaircraft weapon’s range. In this picture, the gun is shown in recoil after firing. The gun crew is waiting with projectiles and powder cases to place on the loading tray as the recoil action is completed. The fuze on the projectile will then be set by a fuze setter and rammed into the breach without any member of the crew again touching it.
Kodak Employees in the Armed Forces