US soldiers posing with a captured Italian flag, Paestum, Italy, 1943
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