CCKW cargo trucks debarking from LSTs onto Nisida, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Equipment-filled 2-½ ton CCKW cargo trucks debarking from LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) onto a pier. Official caption on front: "Nisida Island, near Naples, Italy, gets equipment by LST. US Navy Photo 108-16." Nisida, Phlegraean Islands, Italy. 1944
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1944
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
Geography:
Napoli, Golfo di
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40.717
Longitude:
14.167
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--Italy
Equipment & supplies--Italy
Trucks--American--Italy
Piers & wharves--Italy