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Allied tanks advance in Italy (Item)

Photograph of Allied soldiers with their Sherman tanks on a road near Cava, 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…

U.S. troops establish beachhead in Sicily (Item)

Photograph of American soldiers establishing a beachhead in Sicily, Italy, circa 1943. A group of soldiers in the foreground places steel meeting on the sand. Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. troops establish beachhead in Sicily. U.S. troops place steel matting over the sandy shore of a beach near Scoglitti, Sicily, to provide traction for heavy vehicles as an Allied beachhead is established…

American troops land in Sicily (Item)

Photograph of American soldiers unloading tanks, vehicles, and other equipment from landing ships on the beach near Licata, Sicily, Italy, circa 1943. Typed caption glued to verso: "American troops land in Sicily. American soldiers and equipment arrive at a beachhead established near Licata, Sicily, in the early stages of the Allied invasion of the Italian island. Light and heavy tanks, Army scout…

U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives (Item)

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…

U.S. destroyer off Sicily (Item)

Photograph of a United States Navy serviceman on the deck of a destroyer as the ship approaches Sicily, Italy, circa 1943. On the right is a dual-purpose artillery gun.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. destroyer off Sicily. Licata, Sicily, comes within gun range of an American destroyer during the first stages of the Allied invasion of the Italian Island. A U.S. Navy observer stands next to a…

Italian planes at Allied base (Item)

Photograph of an Italian pilot (second from left) talking with three United States Army soldiers next to a group of Italian Macchi M.C.200 Saetta (Arrow) aircraft (visible fuselage numbers 94, 92, and 93), Sicily, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "Italian planes at Allied base. An Italian pilot (second from left) talks with American soldiers at an airfield in Sicily shortly after…

U.S. Coast Guard aids Allied offensives (Item)

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…

Allied forces roll through Resina, Italy (Item)

Photograph of people watching as Allied military vehicles drive through a street lined with damaged buildings, Resina, Italy, circa 1943-1944.Typed caption glued to verso: "Allied forces roll through Resina, Italy. Residents of Resina, Italy, gather in the streets and stand atop bomb debris to watch vehicles of the Allied Fifth Army roll through the town. Resina, the last town through which the…

U.S. naval forces aid Allied landings on Sicily (Item)

Photograph of a United States Navy observer using a radio to report on the progress of the Allied beach landing in Sicily, Italy, circa 1943. A landing craft approaching the Sicilian coast is visible in the background.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. naval forces aid Allied landings on Sicily. An observer on a U.S. ship (left foreground) gives details of the progress of the Allied invasion…

[Funeral procession for Italian youths shot by German soldiers] (Item)

Photograph of an Allied military vehicle carrying the caskets of four Italian youths during a funeral procession in Faicchio, Italy, circa 1943-1944. The caption notes that the youths were shot by German soldiers.Typed caption glued to verso: "Four Italian youths machine-gunned by Germans. Townsmen of Fiacchio, near the Volturno River in Italy, follow in funeral procession an Allied weapon carrier…

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