Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, U.S. Army (left),
Commanding General, Fifth Army, and
Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN,
Commander Task Force 85
On board USS Ancon (AGC-4) during the Sicily operation, July 1943.
In the right background is Captain Paul L. Mather, USN, Ancon's Commanding Officer.

Invasion of Sicily, Italy

Lieutenant General Omar Bradley (US Army) on the navigation bridge of USS Ancon (AGC-4), en route to the invasion of Sicily, 7 July 1943. With him is Captain Timothy Wellings, USN. US Naval History and Heritage Command

Oversee the landings

American soldiers look at just some of the mines, booby traps and firing devices used against them by the Germans. -  Included are Teller Mines, Schu-mine 42s, Bangalore torpedoes. French, German and Russian hand grenades, all of which were commonly booby trapped, demolition charges and firing devices. 