Welcome to Italy, Mr. American. Cheerful, friendly American fighting men were quick to "make a hit" with the children of Italy, who had had more than enough of the German visitors. Here, Coast Guardsman Stephen G. Freko, seaman first class, of Ashley, Pa., ashore at an Italian port from a Coast Guard combat cutter, poses with a new chum – an attractive, dark-eyed Italian missy.

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Keywords: 17-a2-170, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg