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Allied tanks advance in Italy
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Identifier
2007-08-08_image_088
Source
The Lee R. Embree Collection (2007-08-08), Box 2, Folder 2
Description
Photograph of Allied soldiers with Sherman tanks, Italy, circa 1943.
Typed caption glued to verso: "Allied tanks advance in Italy. A column of American-built Sherman tanks of the Allied Fifth Army halts briefly before entering Cava, during the early stages of the Allied advance against the retreating Germans on the Italian mainland. Cava is a few miles north of the Salerno beaches where the Fifth Army landed. Serviced by New York to list H. 16441-FO. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority."
Creation Date
circa 1943
Subject
United States. Army
Tanks (Military science)
Soldiers
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy--Sicily
World War, 1939-1945
Allied Forces
Place
Cava de' Tirreni (Italy)
Italy
Original Format
photographic prints
Bibliographic Citation
The Lee R. Embree Collection/The Museum of Flight
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No copyright - United States
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Allied tanks advance in Italy
, [2007-08-08_image_088]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 15/02/2026, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/9523