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26-G-2046: Operation Avalanche, September 1943

26-G-2046: Operation Avalanche, September 1943. Coast Guardsman Talks It Over With Prisoners. Somewhere in the Mediterranean, Coast Guardsman Earl Sauter talks to a wistful pair of young German prisoners onboard a Coast Guard manned transport en-route to a North African port. The Germans were captured in the fighting around Salerno. Coast Guardsman Sauter is a Chief Pharmacist’s Mate. 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. Coast Guardsman Talks It Over With Prisoners. Somewhere in the Mediterranean, Coast Guardsman Earl Sauter talks to a wistful pair of young German prisoners onboard a Coast Guard manned transport en-route to a North African port. The Germans were captured in the fighting around Salerno. Coast Guardsman Sauter is a Chief Pharmacist’s Mate. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/5/19).
Accession #: 26-G-2046
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