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26-G-1826: Operation Husky, July-August 1943

26-G-1826: Operation Husky - Invasion of Sicily, Italy, July-August 1943. Coast Guardsmen Listen to a Paratrooper. A relaxing U.S. paratrooper tells two U.S. Coast Guardsmen what happened when his unit dropped on Sicilian soil. The paratrooper, his work done, is aboard a Coast Guard-manned transport disembarking troops. The two Coast Guardsmen are H.E. Dray and J.M. Magengast. 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. Coast Guardsmen Listen to a Paratrooper. A relaxing U.S. paratrooper tells two U.S. Coast Guardsmen what happened when his unit dropped on Sicilian soil. The paratrooper, his work done, is aboard a Coast Guard-manned transport disembarking troops. The two Coast Guardsmen are H.E. Dray and J.M. Magengast. U.S. Coast Guard Photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress: Lot-805. (2015/10/30).
Accession #: 26-G-1826
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