U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives

Photograph of United States Coast Guard servicemen assisting in moving an amphibious truck ashore during a landing at Sicily, Italy, circa 1943.

Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives. A United States Army amphibious truck rolls onto a beach in Sicily after being unloaded from a transport manned by U.S. Coast Guardsmen during landing operations. Men of the Coast Guard, a wartime branch of the U.S. Navy which observed its 153rd anniversary on August 4, and soldiers already on shore can be seen at right. 14064-FCG. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority."