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Wounded in Invasion of Sicily

Coast Guardsman Charles Sheris has a big grin despite shrapnel wounds received when German bombers attacked a Coast Guard-manned transport carrying soldiers for the invasion of Gela, Sicily. Sheris was on deck when the JU-88's attacked. His home is at 437 Franklin St., Port Washington Wisconsin.

Date
1943-11-02
Archive
U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
photograph
Original size
7,444 × 6,093 pixels

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"Wounded in Invasion of Sicily" (1943-11-02). U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wounded_in_invasion_of_sicily_RG-208-AA-158-A-009_(2).jpg

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