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| 155mm gun "Long Tom" is fired at Germans 155mm gun "Long Tom" is fired by American troops in Nettuno, Italy. February 13, 1944. Jim Bonnard, US Army. |
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| 442nd Regiment enter building Americans of Japanese descent, Infantrymen of the 442nd Regiment run for cover as a German artillery shell is about to land outside the building in Italy. April 4, 1945. Levine. (Army) |
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| 697th firing a 240mm howitzer at German held territory Front view of 240mm howitzer of Btry. "B", 697th F.A. Bn., just before firing into German held territory. Magnano, Italy. January 30, 1944. |
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| American ship burns during invasion of Sicily During the invasion of Sicily, an American cargo ship is hit by a bomb from a German plane and its cargo of munitions explodes, off Gela, Sicily, July 11, 1943. |
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| American soldiers looking at dead German pilot and wrecked plane American soldiers looking at a dead German pilot and his wrecked plane near Gela, Sicily. July 12, 1943. |
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| Americans of Japanese ancestry of the 100th Infantry Battalion in Leghorn, Italy Americans of Japanese ancestry of the 100th Infantry Battalion, rest on a street in Leghorn, Italy, after a gruelling Fifth Army advance, which terminated with the fall of this important seaport. (19 July 1944) |
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| British divisional HQ in main square in Pompeii, Italy British divisional HQ in main square in Pompeii, Italy. |
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| Chaplain leads a group of men in prayer Lt. Col. Woran, Chaplain of the 10th Mountain Div., leads a group of men in prayer at Torboli the day following the unconditional surrender of all German troops in Italy. May 3, 1945. Bull. (Army) |
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| Damaged Catholic Church in Acerno, Italy Pvt. Paul Oglesby with 30th Infantry Division, standing in reverence before an altar in a damaged Catholic church. Note: pews at left appear undamaged, while bomb-shattered roof is strewn about the church. Acerno, Italy. September 23, 1943. Benson. (Army) |
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| Evil Axis cartoon on Jeep Cartoon on the Jeep of Cpl. Paul F. Penn with the face of Mussolini crossed out, two more to go! "Sicily Invasion" September 3, 1943. |
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| Gen. Bernard Montgomery and Lt. Gen. George S. Patton shake hands at Palermo, Sicily Farewell! Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery is bid a jolly farewell by Lt. Gen. George S. Patton at the Palermo, Sicily airport after a visit by Gen. Montgomery. July 28, 1943. |
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| General George Patton behind enemy lines, Messina Lt. Col. Lyle Bernard, C.O., 30th Inf. Regt., a prominent figure in the second daring amphibious landing behind enemy lines on Sicily's north coast, discusses military strategy with General George Patton Near Messina, 1943. |
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| German prisoners captured at Anzio Beachhead, Italy German prisoners captured by the 3rd Infantry Division, Anzio Beachhead, Italy. The captured German POW's are with LXXVI Panzer Corps, 114th Light Infantry and the 362nd Infantry, waiting to be transported prison camp, February 29,1944. |
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| Grave of the first American casualty on the beach. Gela, Sicily Grave of the first American casualty on the beach, Gela, Sicily. July 12, 1943. |
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| LST's lined up for Sicily invasion LST's lined up and waiting for tanks to come aboard, two days before invasion of Sicily. La Pecherie, French Naval Base. Tunisia, July 1943. (OSS) |
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| Medic helping wounded soldier at Sicily Private Roy Humphrey of Toledo, Ohio, is being given blood plasma by Pfc. Harvey White of Minneapolis, Minn., after he was wounded by shrapnel in Sicily, August 9, 1943, Tom Wever US Army. |
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| Members with 15th Air Force next to P-51 Mustang, Italy P-51 Mustang Group with 15th AIr Force in Italy 'shoot the breeze' in the shadow of one of the Mustangs they fly. Left to right: Lt. Dempsey W. Morgan, Jr., Lt. Carroll S. Woods; Lt. Robert H. Nelson, Jr., Capt. Andrew D. Turner; and Lt. Clarence P. Lester." August 1944. |
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| Ship K-40 explodes after German bomber attack The ship Robert Rowan (K-40) explodes after being hit by a German bomber off Gela, Sicily, July 11, 1943. |
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| Tank crew check their vehicle after landing at Red Beach 2, Sicily Crew from the tank "Eternity" check their vehicle after landing at Red Beach 2, Sicily. July 10, 1943. |
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| U.S. Soldier rest at WWI memorial, Sicily Sgt. Norwood Dorman from Benson, North Carolina, stops to rest at the memorial to the Italian soldier of World War I in Brolo, Sicily. August 14, 1943. Lt. Robert J. Longini, US Army. |
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| U.S. Soldiers with Italian civilians, Sicily Pvt. George Katere, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Pfc. Wm. Mosa, Wheeling, W. Va., and Jessie A. Hampton of Louisville, Ky., making friends with a group of Italian civilians in Sicily July 11, 1943. |
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