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26-G-1787: Operation Husky, July-August 1943

26-G-1787: Operation Husky - Invasion of Sicily, Italy, July-August 1943. Coast Guardsman Milton Eiler, Signalman First Class, was struck by shrapnel from German bombers while manning a 50 caliber machine gun on the signal bridge of a Coast-Guard-manned transport participating in the invasion of Sicily. U.S. Coast Guard Photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress: Lot-805. (2015/10/30).
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Caption: Operation Husky, July-August 1943. U.S. Coast Guardsman Milton Eiler, Signalman First Class, was struck by shrapnel from German bombers while manning a 50 caliber machine gun on the signal bridge of a Coast-Guard-manned transport participating in the invasion of Sicily. U.S. Coast Guard Photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress: Lot-805. (2015/10/30).
Accession #: 26-G-1787
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