US soldiers posing with a captured Italian flag, Paestum, Italy, 1943
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
Description:
Photograph. United States soldiers posing with captured Italian flag. Official caption on reverse: "1994 / From: Public Relations Officer / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo / Surrendered Colors / U.S. soldiers pose with a surrendered Italian flag for a Coast Guard photographer at a villa a few miles from the beach at Paestum, Italy. An Italian soldier is shown at the extreme right. Coast Guardsmen manned combat transports and landing craft in the invasion." Paestum, Italy. September 1943
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1943-09-
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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:
Paestum
Latitude:
40.417
Longitude:
15.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Flags--Italian
Soldiers--American--Italy
Soldiers--Italian--Italy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy