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Prelude (Sicilian invasion). Troops of the 45th Infantry Division, aboard an LST during the closing days of the Sicilian campaign, get some sleep an hour before they are to make scheduled landings behind enemy lines
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Prelude (Sicilian invasion). Troops of the 45th Infantry Division, aboard an LST during the closing days of the Sicilian campaign, get some sleep an hour before they are to make scheduled landings behind enemy lines

1940-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit linePrelude (Sicilian invasion). Troops of the 45th Infantry Division, aboard an LST during the closing days of the Sicilian campaign, get some sleep an hour before they are to make scheduled landings beh. 1940-01-01. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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