US Coast Guardsmen raising an American flag on an attack transport ship off the coast of Sicily, Italy, 1943
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
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Photograph. United States Coast Guardsmen raising an American flag on an attack transport ship. Official caption on reverse: "2964 / From: Public Relations Officer / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Flies in Two Invasions / Invading U.S. Coast Guardsmen, as they approach Sicily, raise the same flag they flew in the invasion of North Africa. They manned the same transport in both invasions. Coast Guardsmen raising Old Glory are Leo Greenberg, Detroit, Mich., left, and Claude Jenkins, Bloxon, Va." Sicily, Italy. July 1943
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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.
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Sicilia
Latitude:
37.500
Longitude:
14.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Flags--American
Sailors--American--Italy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy--Sicily