American soldiers of the 1st Ranger Battalion disembark in the port city of Arzew, 25 miles east of Oran in Algeria during Operation Torch.
Operation Torch (8-16 November 1942) was an Anglo–American invasion of French North Africa as a three-pronged attack, aimed at Casablanca (Western), Oran (Center) and Algiers (Eastern), in advance of a rapid move on Tunis. 


Wading ashore

A formal, framed image of General George S. Patton, Jr. (1885-1945.

Four star General

American soldiers disembark from the LCA landing craft ashore during Operation Torch - the Allied invasion of French North Africa; 8-16, November 1942.  