Ploesti Oilfields Getting Back To Normal -- A general view of a section of the Ploesti oil refineries once again in production. Note the blast walls which had been built around the storage tanks as protection against bombing. The tall chimneys of the Ploesti oil refineries are again belching black smoke. This time the result of labours of the oil-men and not allied airmen. The refineries were severely damaged in bombing reids in 1943 to stem the flow of valuable oils to the enemy. Many daring fliers lost their lives attempting to put out of action this greatest oil producing centre in Rumania. Muck of the present production is being shipped to Russia as part of Rumania's reparations payment to the Soviet. December 13, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).