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THE PHUQQDELPPIIA INQUIRER s gg V e - MONDAY Moi3cN1NaG.,,JU,LY ig, 19,43 MILES CU?gRCg7la1Ag6Zl?g4ENT it T 0 ,so ATIONS IN Msssmia smur 5' Q AIRFIELDS' 1 SICILY si' M- . ' 'V 'f:.,,-'.:,.., ' ' n Qjyx! 9,0 S435 Jah ZfZfZffjf'1::S'1', 4 Y' 9 o 5f.f253E2i'- ' cr v ,,,s'9,y -:SA c TRAPAN' si. 4' 'Y ' SEFRYANN' ,.5gSgiss5E:E:5:TAoriMnNX REGGIO T 0 gb ' Giigtfigli ' CM., oil asf., ,, '-f22':QRT9.'E+i1PEbbCLif5s: CATANM xg., BON 19:1 Qc bo AGRIGEN1'o,':E33:'g':'-sr UG TA gs- .gb-5 S Gr 'r uCArA':.f:.:.azffqa-.1 A Us 1331- 19' ' 13E1'3Q0W505- 5:2-' .-.rfia-2-' 6 1'1:2i-:- SYRACUSE . wi, :'.'z:::i1. 0 uni., .Bo r:,,.yNl2f.-.2 Q9 PACHINO aiziiiftiifiifff-Z P- :r,,c ,,o,,,v 47 ESEQKQNFIDAVILLE Q S i-:namely Q as6Usss:1. LAMPIONE LINOSA , ' g 5 5-'LAMp5DU5A MALTA Mediterranean Sea SICILIAN AIRFIELDS TARGETS OF INVASION Some of the principal Allied objectives in the invasion of Sicily are the island's air fields. This map shows the key air bases fplane symbolsl bombed steadily by Allies, in pre-invasion assaults. Arrows indicate Allied F 1-', o .STATUTE MILES zo T SICILY raiders' bases. ' isumw NU Pusuuvfnj f SYRACUSE T Floridia , x Palazzolo 0 ' Carricallini Y Q Cassibile T RAGUSA NOTO Avola. Medica r 1 w Rosolini ' fi .Spaccaforno Pozzall' packing Marzamemi Z Pgrri ' ' Pa ,O Z ' 0 Cape Panera 1 Z Corren ti Is. Z S Mediterranean Sea --:lu KEY BEACHITEAD IN ALLIED HANDS ALLIED EHIEFS WAHN By IVAN I-I. QCYQ PETERMAN Continued From First Page coast, covered by heavy flre from both British and American naval forces, as well as those of the Royal Indian, Dutch, Greek and Polish navies. Apparently the Sicilian invasion compared with the one which eight months previously, almost to the day, landed American and British troops in North Africa. North African Air Force pilots returning, from flights over the island reported that the ships were strung out for miles early Satur- day. BIGGEST FLEET It was the biggest fleet I. ever saw, said Lieutenant Nathaniel Robins, of Wappinger Falls, N. Y. On the edges he saw destroyers, and in the middle, invasion barges with merchant ships on the out- side and in the rear. The mass of boats and their wakes made a pretty spectacle, he 'd sai . American aircraft, which out- numbered any other in the theater, soared over the beaches without Sl'V1Y.Hho' env ann'-my ffhfw- .......- ...-

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E It I it BW'- ' , is .I I, M4 CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS NAPLES, ITALY, 11 March 1944 seated 1 to r: Diamond CCM, Sanchez CMOMM, Bassett CWT, Bumbaugh CPhM, Riley CTC, Anderson CMM, Genessee CBM, CMAA, Griffin CBM, Penn CAMM, McBain CBM, Nadeau CFC, Tyler CBM, standing: Wyatt CSP, Little CWT, Bowman CMM, Hebert CWT, Heaton CEM, k8DtSlIcI5li'gRM, Kendrick CMM, Eaton CSF, Olson CGM, Robey CWT, Lord CWT, Hamm CWT, atez . FIRST DIVISION SECOND DIVISION il., -5? - DIVISION t FOURTH DIVISION - EIGHTH DIVISIONl I FIFTH DIVISION NINETH l Q2 .-4