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26-G-1994: Operation Avalanche, September 1943

26-G-1994: Operation Avalanche, September 1943. Surrendered Colors. U.S. Soldiers pose with a surrendered Italian flag for a Coast Guard photographer at a villa a few miles from the beach at Paestum, Italy. An Italian soldier is shown at the extreme right. Coast Guardsmen manned combat transports and landing craft in the invasion. Official Coast Guard Photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress: Lot-916. (2016/05/19).
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Caption: Operation Avalanche, September 1943. Surrendered Colors. U.S. Soldiers pose with a surrendered Italian flag for a Coast Guard photographer at a villa a few miles from the beach at Paestum, Italy. An Italian soldier is shown at the extreme right. Coast Guardsmen manned combat transports and landing craft in the invasion. Official Coast Guard Photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress: Lot-916. (2016/05/19).
Accession #: 26-G-1994
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