Skip to main content
Please check our Hours of Operation page before planning your visit. Click on red bar for more information.
[X]

LC-Lot-805-32: Operation Husky, July-August 1943

Operation Husky, July-August 1943. Umbrella on the Roof. Mounted on the roof of an armored car to fight off Allied attacks, this Italian 76mm. gun failed to raise enough of an “umbrella” of fire to protect the car from capture. The car was seized soon after the opening of the Sicilian invasion. Photograph released August 10, 1943. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. U.S. Navy Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/10/30).
Download Image:
Low (PNG, 319x319px, 81KB)
Med (JPEG, 1280x1280px, 323KB)
High (TIFF, 2448x1893px, 4MB)
Caption: Operation Husky, July-August 1943. Umbrella on the Roof. Mounted on the roof of an armored car to fight off Allied attacks, this Italian 76mm. gun failed to raise enough of an “umbrella” of fire to protect the car from capture. The car was seized soon after the opening of the Sicilian invasion. Photograph released August 10, 1943. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. U.S. Navy Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/10/30).
Accession #: LC-Lot-805-32
Related Content
Topic
  • Theater of Operations--European
  • People-Places-Things--Italian
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
  • World War II 1939-1945
Navy Communities
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials
Author Name
Place of Event
Recipient Name