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General Giraud pays tribute to Unknown Soldier (Item)

Photograph of General Henri Giraud (center), Brigadier General Louis J. Fortier, Major General John T. Lewis, and other military personnel paying tribute at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Virginia, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "General Giraud pays tribute to unknown soldier. Before the tomb of American's Unknown Soldier of the last war, at…

American soldiers man captured gun (Item)

Photograph of United States Army soldiers with a captured 20mm antiaircraft gun, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "American soldiers man captured gun. American soldiers man a 20 mm. anti-aircraft gun, captured by Allied forces on the beach at Paestum, Italy, in the early stages of the campaign against the Germans on the Italian mainland. The four-barreled gun, camouflaged by…

Italians march to prison camp (Item)

Photograph of captured Italian soldiers marching from Vizzini, Italy to a prison-of-war camp, circa 1943. An Allied soldier (far right) guards the group.Typed caption glued to verso: "Italians march to prison camp. Six hundred Italian soldiers found hiding in Vizzini, Sicily, when the British captured the town, march to prison camps under the guard of the solitary Allied soldier shown at the…

[Ambulances and Douglas C-47 Skytrain] (Item)

Photograph of ambulances parked near a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft at a South Pacific airfield, 1942-1945.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Health Haven in the Pacific. Wounded fighting men are transferred from American transport planes to ambulances at a landing field on a South Pacific island where the U.S. Navy maintains its Fleet Recreation Center. The men will be nursed back to health on…

U.S. tank leaves landing craft (Item)

Photograph of United States Army soldiers unloading a tank from a landing ship on the coast of Sicily, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. tank leaves landing craft. A U.S. Army Tank rolls odd a landing craft to move ashore on Sicily during the first stages of the Allied invasion of the Italian Island. 13699-PPA. Not for use in Western Hemisphere. Approved by appropriate U.S.…

On the road to Comiso (Item)

Photograph of an American soldier walking past an overturned Italian tank on a road near Comiso, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "On the road to Comiso. In Southeastern Sicily, a U.S. soldier passes an overturned Italian tank at the road's edge on his way into Comiso shortly after the successful Allied invasion of the island. The town can be seen in the background. 13697-PPA. Not…

Allied generals meet at Salerno, Italy (Item)

Photograph of Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, United States Army, shaking hands with General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, British Army, at Salerno Italy, circa 1943-1944.Typed caption glued to verso: "Allied generals meet at Salerno, Italy. U.S. Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark (left), commander of the Allied Fifth Army greets General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, commander of the British Eighth…

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…

U.S. General Vandegrift leads new attack on Japanese (Item)

Photograph of General Alexander A. Vandegrift, United States Marine Corps, on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. General Vandegrift leads new attack on Japanese. Lieutenant General Alexander A. Vandegrift, commander of the First U.S. Marine Amphibious Corps, directed the Allied force that landed on Bougainville, last major island base held by the…

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