American troops climb into assault landing craft from the liner REINA DEL PACIFICO during Operation ''Torch'', the Allied landings in North Africa, November 1942.
During the Second World War the liner was requisitioned for service as a troopship, and took part in the landings in North Africa, Sicily and Normandy.

Man the landing crafts

Field Marshal Montgomery with US Major General Simpson looking at the 'Dragon's Teeth' part of the Siegfried Line. 

West Wall and beyond

American troops land on the beaches at Surcouf, twenty miles east of Algiers, November 8, 1942.  Operation Torch signalled the American entry into the Mediterranean War. - 