Coast Guard heavy machinery landing on a beach, Sicily, 1943
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
Description:
Photograph. LCVPs [landing craft, vehicle, personal] from USS Samuel Chase and the USS Monrovia, an amphibious truck, and Sherman tanks gathering on a beach. Official caption on reverse: "1834 / From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / U.S. Coast Guard-manned landing barges and heavily loaded amphibious trucks rush supplies to a Sicilian shore for the infantry advancing beyond the ridges." Sicily, Italy. July 1943
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Date:
1943-07-
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This collection consists of 36 official United States Coast Guard photographs of the European and Mediterranean Theater of Operation. The bulk of the photographs depict scenes from the Normandy invasion.
Geography:
Sicilia
Latitude:
37.500
Longitude:
14.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Military vehicles--American--Sicily
Landing craft--American--Sicily
Amphibious vehicles--American--Siciliy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy--Sicily