Bombs exploding near US Coast Guard ships off the coast of Sicily, Italy, 1943
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
Description:
Photograph. Bombs exploding near United States Coast Guard-manned transport ships. Official caption on reverse: "1790 / From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo / From the deck of a Coast Guard-manned transport that has just unloaded U.S. Army contingents a combat photographer shot this picture of the bomb pocked waters off Sicily during the invasion." 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.
Geography:
Sicilia
Latitude:
37.500
Longitude:
14.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--Italy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy--Sicily