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Coast Guardsmen raise American flag on attack transport during invasion of Sicily : Photograph 1943.

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Description: Coast Guardsmen raise American flag on attack transport during invasion of Sicily in July 1943. Caption: "2964. From: Public Relations Officer. U.S. Coast Guard. Washington, D.C. Official Coast Guard Photo. Flies in two invasion. Invading U.S. Coast Guardsmen, as they approach Sicily, raise the same flag they flew in the invasion of North Africa. They manned the same transport in both invasion. Coast Guardsmen raising Old Glory are Leo Greenberg, Detroit, Mich. [Michigan], left, and Claude Jenkins, Bloxon, Va. [Virginia]." Sicily, July 1943.
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