5th Army M4 Sherman tanks debarking from USS LST-77, Anzio, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. M4 Sherman tanks from the 5th Army debarking from USS LST-77 onto the shore of a Tyrrhenian Sea coastal city. Official caption on front: "Tank reinforcements for 5th Army unload at Anzio, 4-27-44. US Army Photo 177-14." Anzio, Italy. 27 April 1944
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04/27/1944
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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.
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Anzio
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41.450
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12.617
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Tanks (Military science)--American--Italy
Landing craft--American--Italy
Anzio, Battle of, Anzio, Italy, 1944
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy
Landing craft--American--Italy