Operation Husky Image Gallery
From the Pre-Invasion Build-up Through the Beach Landings
Senior U.S. Army commanders on board USS Monrovia (APA-31) en route to Sicily, 7 July 1943. They are (left to right): Major General Geoffrey Keyes, Brigadier General Hobart Gay, and Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr. They are examining the Seventh Army flag presented to Patton by Vice Admiral H. K. Hewitt and an I Armored Corps flag that had been presented to Major General Keyes (SC-186374).
Another view of forces en route to the landings at Scoglitti, Sicily, on 8 July 1943. Photographed from its flagship, USS Ancon (AGC-4). USS Leonard Wood (APA-12) is at left. The next transport astern of her is USS James O'Hara (APA-90). The destroyer in the center is not identified; USS Parker (DD-604), Kendrick (DD-612), Laub (DD-613), Mackenzie (DD-614), Cowie (DD-632), Doran (DD-634), and Earle (DD-635) were assigned to this task force (80-G-215133).
Published: Fri May 10 11:40:30 EDT 2019