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11 Aug 2021 Garand Picture of the Day
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Second picture looks like Sicily.
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Reason: Typo
34a cp., btg. Susa, 3° rgt. Alpini
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Top picture, Lt. Carroll A. Prybylo's Spitfire MX-P, 307th FS, 31st FG in the surf at Salerno, Sept. 1943. A victim of "friendly fire".
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Interesting how it participated in the Sicilian occupation before it was launched. 
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Originally Posted by
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it participated in the Sicilian occupation before it was launched
Did you read the chronology?
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There was indeed a problem with friendly fire during the Sicilian Campaign.
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Quote Originally Posted by Sarge1998 View Post
it participated in the Sicilian occupation before it was launched
Did you read the chronology?
LST-359 was laid down on 21 November 1942 at the Charleston Navy Yard; launched on 11 January 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Albert Miller Penn; and commissioned on 9 February 1943, Lt. James A. Ferreola in command.
During World War II, LST-359 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the following operations:
Sicilian occupation-July and August 1942
Salerno landings-September 1943
Convoy KMS-31-November 1943
Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings - January through March 1944
Invasion of Normandy-June 1944
LST-359 was sunk on 20 December 1944 by a submarine torpedo in the eastern Atlantic. On 8 February 1945, she was struck from the Navy list.
LST-359 earned five battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation for World War II service.
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Originally Posted by
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launched on 11 January 1943
Originally Posted by
Mark in Rochester
Salerno landings-September 1943
So it didn't make the early one...misprint.
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Originally Posted by Mark in Rochester
launched on 11 January 1943
Originally Posted by Mark in Rochester
Salerno landings-September 1943
So it didn't make the early one...misprint.
Yes must be a typo - Source info LST-359
Sicilian occupation-July and August 1942
should read 1943
Husky began on the night of 9–10 July 1943, and ended on 17 August. Strategically, Husky achieved the goals set out for it by Allied planners; the Allies drove Axis air, land and naval forces from the island and the Mediterranean sea
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