Coast Guard Photographer "Captures" Invasion Fireworks. From the deck of a Coast Guard manned transport, a Coast Guard photographer captured these shots of an American cargo ship hit by Nazi dive bombers in an air raid on a convoy in the invasion of Sicily. Fire, started by bombs dropped amidships, spread rapidly to the ship's munitions supply, which exploded to form dangerous though picturesque patterns across the Mediterranean.

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Size: 5651px × 4761px
Photo credit: © NB/USC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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