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Description: | inscription, printing, black against blue, SOLDIER'S GUIDE
TO
SICILY
inscription, handwritten, black ink against blue, A.H. Black
m/v. Harpagus
10th July 1943
(Invaded)
Booklet entitled 'Soldier's Guide to Sicily'. Front cover features an outline of the island of Sicily with a hand pointing to it. The booklet was issued to soldiers about to embark on the Allied invasion of Sicily in the summer of 1943. It contains a foreward by Dwight D. Eisenhower, general information about Sicily, and a fold-out map attached to the inside back cover. Owned by A.H. Black of the MV Harpagus (?), dated 10.7.1943 on the front cover (the invasion began the day before).
Part: pages, Material: paper
Part: cover, Material: card
Part: staples, Material: metal, steel | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.350226 | Go to resource |
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