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LC-Lot-741-7: Wounded Coast Guardsman Still Salutes

<p>LC-Lot-741-17: Operation Torch, November 1942.&nbsp;</p>
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Caption: Operation Torch, November 1942. Wounded Coast Guardsman Still Salutes. Loss of his right arm does not prevent Coast Guardsman Thomas Sortino from saluting the colors. Sortino was in charge of a landing barge blasted by an enemy destroyer during the African invasion, Operation Torch, November 1942. A French doctor, who had no anesthesia, performed the emergency amputation. U.S. Coast Guard Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2016/06/03).
Accession #: LC-Lot-741-7
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