First prisoners in Sicily

Photograph of Royal Navy servicemen guarding Italian prisoners of war on a beachhead in Sicily, Italy, July 10, 1943.

Typed caption glued to verso: "First prisoners in Sicily. British naval commandos, one of whom is armed with a sub-machine gun, guard a group of some of the first prisoners captured in Sicily. The Italian soldiers march in order along the water's edge to board waiting Allied ships. The picture was taken just after dawn on July 10, the first day of the Allied invasion of the Italian island. 13958-FF. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority."