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LC-Lot-805-40: Operation Husky, July-August 1943

LC-Lot-805-40: Operation Husky - Invasion of Sicily, July-August 1943. Licata Comes Within Range. Framed by the death-dealing barrels of a dual-purpose 20mm gun aboard a destroyer and the silhouette of an observer, the city of Licata, Sicily, Italy, comes within easy range of an American destroyer. It was “Invasion Day” and the destroyer was but one of the great armada of ships. Photograph released July 29, 1943. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. U.S. Navy Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/10/30).
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Caption: Operation Husky, July-August 1943. Licata Comes Within Range. Framed by the death-dealing barrels of a dual-purpose 20mm gun aboard a destroyer and the silhouette of an observer, the city of Licata, Sicily, Italy, comes within easy range of an American destroyer. It was “Invasion Day” and the destroyer was but one of the great armada of ships. Photograph released July 29, 1943. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. U.S. Navy Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/10/30).
Accession #: LC-Lot-805-40
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