They Helped Push the Nazis Back. These four crew members of a tank lighter attached to a Coast Guard manned transport helped pushed the Germans back from the beaches at Paestum, near Salerno. Manning a 50 calibre machine gun, Coast Guardsmen Richard Cook, second from left, during the lighter's first trip to the beach successfully broke up a Nazi machine gun nest. From left to right, the invaders are: Coast Guardsman Leonard Ruehle, 1249 – 15th St., Detroit, Mich.; Coast Guardsman Cook, Kellogg Road, Derby, N. Y.; A. E. Lessard, Navy, 27 Balcom St., Nashua, , and Harry W. Lesson,
They Helped Push the Nazis Back. These four crew members of a tank lighter attached to a Coast Guard manned transport helped pushed the Germans back from the beaches at Paestum, near Salerno. Manning a 50 calibre machine gun, Coast Guardsmen Richard Cook, second from left, during the lighter's first trip to the beach successfully broke up a Nazi machine gun nest. From left to right, the invaders are: Coast Guardsman Leonard Ruehle, 1249 – 15th St., Detroit, Mich.; Coast Guardsman Cook, Kellogg Road, Derby, N. Y.; A. E. Lessard, Navy, 27 Balcom St., Nashua, , and Harry W. Lesson, Navy, East Street, Schaghticoke, N. Y.
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