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US-British comradeship in the beachhead. On so small an area as the beachhead, British and American troops are much together, at work and during rest hours. This close contact has brought a comradeship and an understanding of each other, which will be remembered by them long after the war is over.
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Accession Number

NAM.2006-12-98-33

Description

US-British comradeship at the Anzio bridgehead, 27 March 1944 British Official photograph, 1944 On so small an area as the beachhead, British and American troops are much together, at work and during rest hours. This close contact has brought a comradeship and an understanding of each other, which will be remembered by them long after the war is over. Shows American soldiers and British naval and military personnel on board an LST: Front row: Wallace Boyd of 2346 West Lake Chicago, Ill. W. King of 108 Drummond St, Euston, NW1, AH Hill and G Thomas of 23, Evelyn Ave, St. Helens, Lancs. Back row: left to right: G Bennet of 38 Lower Granges Road, Denton Graves End, Kent, B Keenan of 17 Clarendon Road, Redhill, Surrey and Obadish Alston of Coatesville Pennsylvania. Picture issued 1944. From a collection of 33 contact prints of British official photographs mounted on card with original associated typescript captions. Photographs chiefly relate to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, 1944. Some of the captions are incomplete.

Events

Anzio Landings, 1944 (World War Two, Italy 1943-1945)