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26-G-1991: Operation Avalanche, September 1943

26-G-1991: Operation Avalanche, September 1943. Jewish Coast Guardsman Guards Nazi Prisoners. A Jewish Coast Guardsman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, guards two slightly wounded Nazi prisoners on board a U.S. Coast Guard manned combat transport off Salerno, Italy. The Coast Guardsman is Gunner’s Mate Third Class Bernard Leshner. The prisoners are members of the Sixteenth Panzer Division, captured in the Battle of Salerno. 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. Jewish Coast Guardsman Guards Nazi Prisoners. A Jewish Coast Guardsman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, guards two slightly wounded Nazi prisoners on board a U.S. Coast Guard manned combat transport off Salerno, Italy. The Coast Guardsman is Gunner’s Mate Third Class Bernard Leshner. The prisoners are members of the Sixteenth Panzer Division, captured in the Battle of Salerno. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/5/19).
Accession #: 26-G-1991
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