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Lt. Longini, US Army Signal Corps |
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Record creator InfoField | Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: During the invasion of Sicily, the Liberty ship Robert Rowan (K-40) has been hit by a German Ju 88 bomber and its cargo of munitions explodes off Gela, Sicily; In case of accidental explosion of this type, the ship is destroyed, the crew, if he had no time to flee away and killed, and the plume contains a significant amount of toxic substances (explosives residues and mercury from primers for example)
Français : Durant l'invasion de la Sicile, un cargo américain chargé de munitions vient d'exploser, après avoir été touché par une bombe lancée par un avion allemand. En cas d'explosion accidentelle de ce type, le navire est détruit, l'équipage, s'il n'a pas eu le temps de fuir et de s'éloigner est tué, et le panache de fumée contient une quantité significative de produits toxiques (résidus d'explosifs et mercure des amorces par exemple) |
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Depicted place | Gela, Sicily (Italy) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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11 July 1943 date QS:P571,+1943-07-11T00:00:00Z/11 |
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institution QS:P195,Q38945047 Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S) |
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Source | U.S. National Archives and Records Administration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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