Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives. Landing barges manned by U.S. Coast Guardsmen and heavily-laden amphibious trucks land supplies on a beach in Sicily for the use of Allied infantry advancing beyond the ridges in the background. The Coast Guard, a wartime branch of the U.S. Navy, has played major roles in keeping supplies flowing into such landing points as Attu, Guadalcanal, North Africa and Sicily. The Coast Guard was founded on August 4, 1790, and during peacetime patrols U.S. coastal and inland waters, doing rescue work and enforcing maritime laws. 14062-FCG. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority."Creation Datecirca 1943SubjectUnited States. Coast GuardAllied ForcesSoldiersShipsLanding craftWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy--SicilyPlaceSicily (Italy)ItalyOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Lee R. Embree Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States
U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives, [2007-08-08_image_125]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 16/12/2025, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/9598
