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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

Debarkation station aboard a transport bound for Salerno. "H" hour app...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Assault wave, Salerno. Allied troops pour ashore at Salerno, wading through the surf under heavy machine gun and shell fire from hidden enemy positions back of the beaches. One of the landing craft is set aflame by an enemy shell. Another shell just misses an LCVP (landing craft, vehicle personnel) and sends up a plume of smoke and water. Allied cruisers come in close to shore to blast the enemy whose positions are relayed by naval spotters advancing with the landing parties

Assault wave, Salerno. Allied troops pour ashore at Salerno, wading th...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Assault wave, Salerno. Allied troops pour ashore at Salerno, wading through the surf under heavy machine gun and shell fire from hidden enemy positions back of the beaches. One of the landing craft is set aflame by an enemy shell. Another shell just misses an LCVP (landing craft, vehicle personnel) and sends up a plume of smoke and water. Allied cruisers come in close to shore to blast the enemy whose positions are relayed by naval spotters advancing with the landing parties

Assault wave, Salerno. Allied troops pour ashore at Salerno, wading th...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Carta della provincia di Salerno. - Public domain map

Carta della provincia di Salerno. - Public domain map

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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

Debarkation station aboard a transport bound for Salerno. "H" hour app...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More