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26-G-1989: Operation Avalanche, September 1943

26-G-1989: Operation Avalanche, September 1943. Comparing Close Calls. Comparing close calls with death was a favorite conversational subject among soldiers and Coast Guardsmen onboard a Coast Guard manned transport returning from Salerno. Shown from left to right: Sergeant Curtis F. Ellison; Coast Guardsman C.B. Lewis; Private First Class Harold Norman; and Sergeant Edmond Gosselin. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/5/19).
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Caption: Operation Avalanche, September 1943. Comparing Close Calls. Comparing close calls with death was a favorite conversational subject among soldiers and Coast Guardsmen onboard a Coast Guard manned transport returning from Salerno. Shown from left to right: Sergeant Curtis F. Ellison; Coast Guardsman C.B. Lewis; Private First Class Harold Norman; and Sergeant Edmond Gosselin. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/5/19).
Accession #: 26-G-1989
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