Heavy equipment debarking from LST-359
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
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Photograph. Bulldozers and DUKWs debarking LST-359. Official caption on reverse: "2005 / From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo / Invaders Disgorged Through Bow / Hitherto kept secret, the open doors of an LST (Landing Ship, Tank) are shown in this photograph by a U.S. Coast Guard Combat Photographer. Picture was taken at Paestum, south of Salerno, and shows bulldozers, amphibious 'duck trucks', and other heavy equipment being unloaded. The opening bow doors are probably the most revolutionary development in amphibious operations in this war. Coast Guardsmen and Navy Personnel man LST's and other landing craft." 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.
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Paestum
Latitude:
40.417
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15.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--Italy
Amphibious vehicles--American--Italy
Bulldozers--Italy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy