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Bluffs' Combat Artist Views Mediterranean Invasions
"Fire Control," a study of a U.S. coast guardsman on fire control duty aboard ship. The fire control man wears colored glasses to enable him to look into the sun and identify approaching planes.
Bluffs' Combat Artist Views Mediterranean Invasions
"Unloading Under Fire." Working in heavy seas, coast guardsmen are shown unloading tins of high test gasoline. Other landing barges await nearby, as operations under fire continue.
Bluffs' Combat Artist Views Mediterranean Invasions
"Wounded." Transfer of a wounded man from a landing barge to a coast guard manned transport. It was sketched off Salerno, which Gretzer said was the roughest of invasions, as far as the men were concerned.
Bluffs' Combat Artist Views Mediterranean Invasions
"Greeting the Dawn." Coast guardsmen see a new dawn break over the sea. "Dawn always give you a wonderful feeling of relief," says Gretzer, "because it relieves you of the fear of something happening before you see it."
Bluffs' Combat Artist Views Mediterranean Invasions
"Off Watch Below Deck," depicts a typical below-deck scene aboard ship. Off duty, these crewmen write home, mend socks and clothing, and catch up on sleep.
Bluffs' Combat Artist Views Mediterranean Invasions
"Hoisting the Boats." Coast guardsmen are depicted swinging a ship's boat onto the chocks.
Bluffs' Combat Artist Views Mediterranean Invasions
"Line Handling Detail." Tying up at the wharf are these three coast guardsmen. "You have to handle the line smartly or you may find yourself in the 'drinker' or minus a thumb," comments Gretzer.
Bluffs' Fairy Tale Coming True - Fairy Godfathers For Downtown Plan?
The Theater Block . . . between Pearl and Sixth streets on the south side of Broadway will undergo drastic change under the urban renewal plan. The buildings show here are scheduled for demolition.
Bluffs' own slopes open for the season
Local ski lovers...needn't travel far from home--Council Bluffs' own slopes, Crescent Hills, are open again, complete with man-made snow.
Board of Directors Meet In New Quarters
Here are nine of the eleven directors of the Council Bluffs Savings bank, meeting in their quarters in the new bank building. Seated, left to right are H. W. Hazelton, retired; Julius Rosenfeld, president Continental-Keller company; Chairmen E.P.…
Board opposes Christie on building repairs
Construction of an addition and renovation at Bloomer School is part of a $6.5 million project proposed for our elementary buildings in the Council Bluffs Community School District in the next two years. Renovation is also proposed for Walnut…
Bob Edwards
Photograph of Bob Edwards.
Bob Emarine
Photograph of Bob Emarine.
Bock, Charles C., Jr.
Capt. & Mrs. Charles Bock Jr. & family
June 1962
June 1962
Bock, Charles C., Jr.
Charlie Bock
Bluffs Native
4-1975
Charles C. Bock, Jr., B-1 chief pilot
[Charles Bock in suit and tie, superimposed over pilot's helmet in background]
Bluffs Native
4-1975
Charles C. Bock, Jr., B-1 chief pilot
[Charles Bock in suit and tie, superimposed over pilot's helmet in background]
Body exhumed at county care facility
Steve Chapman and Randy Teegarden, from Meyer Funeral Home, work Friday to unearth a body buried on the grounds of the Pottawattamie County Care Facility near McClelland. -- Nonpareil photo by Steve Glowacki
Bombings At Area Construction Sites
Damaged dragline at construction site of First Federal Savings and Loan Association. 2-6-1968