US servicemen taking cover on a beach, Paesternum, 1943
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
Description:
Photograph. Three American servicemen lying flat on a beach while bombs land in the background. Official caption on reverse: "2000 / From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo / Underneath Dropping Bombs / U.S. Coast Guardsmen and Navy beach battalion men are shown hugging the shaking beach at Paesternum, just south of Salerno, as a Nazi bomber unloads on them. In the background of the picure -- one of the most outstanding of the war -- debris from a bomb hit can be seen in the air. Coast Guardsmen said this was much worse than the Sicilian and North African invasons, in which the Coast Guard also participated." Paesternum, 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:
Beaches--Italy
Sailors--American--Italy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy