On the way. The forecastle deck of a transport in the Sicilian invasion armada as it moves ahead to its objective. During landing operations, LCVP boats (landing craft, vehicle personnel), carried on davit at the sides of the ship, are swung out to deck level, loaded with troops and supplies and then lowered into the sea

Digging in. Sicilian invasion. A shore party digs in on the beach and its radio operator sets up this portable equipment to make and maintain contact with ships off shore. In the distance an LCI lands troops under fire from hidden enemy pillboxes

Convoy. Sailing with their sterns to the rising sun, ships of an American convoy set out for the Southwest Pacific. Ships like these and the naval vessels and planes that accompany them are maintaining the "bridges of boats" that link us with our far- flung battle fronts

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

Debarkation station aboard a transport bound for Salerno. "H" hour approaches, this time at Salerno. Assault craft are swung to deck level for loading and lowering into the sea. As flares are dropped from enemy planes and Allied naval and air bombardment shatters the coast, troops take their assigned debarkation stations

On the way. The forecastle deck of a transport in the Sicilian invasion armada as it moves ahead to its objective. During landing operations, LCVP boats (landing craft, vehicle personnel), carried on davit at the sides of the ship, are swung out to deck level, loaded with troops and supplies and then lowered into the sea

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01/01/1940

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