Scene during the invasion of Italy at Salerno Bay

Scene during the invasion of Italy at Salerno Bay

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Equipment is hurredly unloaded from a DUKW on the first day of the invasion of Italy at Salerno Bay (Operation Avalanche), September 9, 1943. The 151st had been temporarily attached to the Thirty-sixth Infantry Division (Texas National Guard) to aid in securing this critical beachhead. Photo by US Army Signal Corps.

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