Heavy equipment being unloaded onto a beach, Paestum, 1943
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Heavy equipment and vehicles being unloaded from landing craft onto a beach; USS LST-359 is in the background. Official caption on front: "Heavy equipment unloaded at Paestum, near Salerno. Coast Guard Photo 218-19." Paestum, Italy. September 1943
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1943-09-
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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.
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Salerno
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40.450
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15.267
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Bulldozers--Italy
Trucks--American--Italy
Landing craft--American--Italy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy