Audio Clip: 1943-08-17 BBC’s Garry Marsh – General Patton Enters Messina
August 17, 1943, U.S. Gen George S. Patton & 7th Army arrive in Messina, Sicily, hrs before “Monte”
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Lieutenant Colonel Lyle Bernard, from Colorado, 30th Infantry Regiment, a prominent figure in the second daring amphibious landing behind enemy lines on Sicily’s north coast, discusses the operational situation with Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr. This Signal Corps photo was taken near Brolo, Sicily in August of 1943, during Operation Husky.
Patton is leaning over the back of his WC-57 Dodge 3/4 ton 4×4 Command Car.
