THE AMERICAN FLAG is lowered from Leghorn Harbour pier before the transport Admiral Sims weighed anchor and sailed for the United States with the last batch of American soldiers to leave Italy. The transport's departure on December 13 brought to a close the military operation which began when United States soldiers stormed the Salerno beach on September 9, 1943.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14571, 15 January 1948, Page 3
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59THE AMERICAN FLAG is lowered from Leghorn Harbour pier before the transport Admiral Sims weighed anchor and sailed for the United States with the last batch of American soldiers to leave Italy. The transport's departure on December 13 brought to a close the military operation which began when United States soldiers stormed the Salerno beach on September 9, 1943. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14571, 15 January 1948, Page 3
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