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Operation Torch, 1942. America at War - The Voyage on the Contessa
Lot 4102-16: Operation Torch, 1942. America at War: The Voyage on the Contessa. These four sailors give an indication of how the crew of the Contessa, a U.S. merchant ship that played a unique and dangerous role in the Allied North African landings, represent many United Nations. The four and their countries, left to right, are: Joseph Mohamed, India; Louis Borcelli, an American of Italian descent; John Locarelli, an American of Italian descent, and Harry Haylock, ship’s carpenter whose home is Hondoras. Collection of the Office of War Information, 1946. (7/24/2015).
- Date
- 1942
- Photographer / author
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 1,633 × 2,280 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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