Keywords: outdoor Lot-916-2: Operation Avalanche, September 1943. Mercy Accompanies Invasions. Coast Guardsmen in the landing craft carefully prepare the wounded, lashed to their stretchers, for hoisting aboard the Coast Guard manned transport. A chair from some Italian building has been utilized to prop one man up in his stretcher, a position dictated by the nature of his injuries. Every effort is made to give proper care to the wounded. Note the African-American sailor to the left. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, 26-G-1977. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/05/19). Lot-916-2: Operation Avalanche, September 1943. Mercy Accompanies Invasions. Coast Guardsmen in the landing craft carefully prepare the wounded, lashed to their stretchers, for hoisting aboard the Coast Guard manned transport. A chair from some Italian building has been utilized to prop one man up in his stretcher, a position dictated by the nature of his injuries. Every effort is made to give proper care to the wounded. Note the African-American sailor to the left. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, 26-G-1977. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/05/19). |