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| Covered ramp to waiting hospital ship, Livorno, Italy; Dodge WC54 ambulances bringing patients for evacuation to Naples; fall 1944 | US Army Lieutenant General Lucian Truscott of 5th Army fastening Presidential Unit Citation banner to guidon of 3rd Btn, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Livorno, Italy, Sep 1945 | US Army Lieutenant General Lucian Truscott of 5th Army saluting the guidon of 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Livorno, Italy, Sep 1945 | US Army Lieutenant General Lucian Truscott of 5th Army saluting guidon of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Livorno, Italy, 4 Sep 1945; note Presidential Unit Citation banner on guidon |
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