U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives

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Title

U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives

Description

Photograph of United States Coast Guard servicemen moving military vehicles ashore during a landing at Sicily, Italy, circa 1943.

Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives. U.S. Army vehicles move ashore onto a beach in Sicily as men of the U.S. Coast Guard unload a landing vessel. The Coast Guard, a wartime branch of the U.S. Navy, observed its 153rd birthday on August 4 and has participated in landings on Guadalcanal, Attu, North Africa and Sicily. 14063-FCG. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority."

Date

1943 circa

Bibliographic Citation

The Lee Embree Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2007-08-08_image_099_01
2007-08-08_image_099_02