U.S. soldiers work on a U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader aircraft in Gela, Sicily, Italy during World War II. Damaged tail section of the A-36 aircraft parked on an airfield. U.S. troops inspect the tail section. A hut made up of straw. Two soldiers crawl in the hut.
Views of Taormina,and the nearby Island of Isola Bella, in the Ionian Sea, Sicily, taken by U.S. Army photographers during World War 2. The Ionian Sea coast near Taormina, seen from a high point of land. A home with cantilevered porch on a hillside. A woman looking over the wall. View of a substantial building in the countryside on the side of a hill. The door of a building with "cleared of mines," written on it and a sign reading,"Reserved for USAAF." A waterfront home with a large deck and rooftop veranda overlooking the sea. The Island of Isola Bella with strip of sand crossing to it at low tide. The adjoining bay and small rocky peninsula. A substantial government or corporate complex high on a hill. View from high on a hill, of a speedboat underway in the sea.
Abandoned trucks in freight yard in Milazzo Sicily during World War 2. Remnants of a motorcycle. An abandoned truck with rear doors opened. Assorted military supplies in the back of a truck. An abandoned water truck belonging to the “R. Aeronautica” (Regia Aeronautica, or the Royal Italian Air Force). Empty oil barrels with Italian words. Abandoned wooden crates of lubricant belonging to the Royal Italian Air Force. Scattered vehicular and machine spare parts, truck bodies, and wooden crates are abandoned.
United States soldiers walk together in the old town area of Milazzo after the Allied Invasion of Sicily during World War 2. More United States soldiers pass by ancient stone stairs, Italian man with donkey, and more curious townspeople. United States soldier pulls a mule carrying supplies. Soldiers pass by a church, walk up a sloped, busy street full of people.
United States soldier spins propeller of Piper Cub airplane to start before taking off in airfield near Randazzo, Sicily during World War 2. Piper Cub takes off from field for reconnaissance mission.
United States soldiers communicate on the ground with radiomen in airplane reconnaissance missions during the Allied Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. Soldier use a radio telephone to talk to radioman while taking notes of enemy position. Soldiers working on plotting boards and calculators. United States soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 60th Field Artillery fire M2A1 Howitzer in battlefield. Artillery shells hit mountain.