U.S. Navy and Italian navy sailors carry a wreath to place on the Ponte Dirillo Memorial as part of the WWII Gela Landing Memorial ceremony.
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SIGONELLA, Italy (Jul. 10, 2011) U.S. Navy and Italian navy sailors carry a wreath to place on the Ponte Dirillo Memorial as part of the WWII Gela Landing Memorial ceremony at Naval Air Station Sigonella. The ceremony is in remembrance of the 39 members of the 82nd Airborne Division that lost their lives on July 10, 1943. NAS Sigonella provides logistical support for the U.S. 6th Fleet and NATO forces in the Mediterranean. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Tim Page) File# 110710-N-OH856-272
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1943
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