- Occas. (sl.) faded and soiled on verso.

= Rare collection. "Codenamed Operation Husky, the Anglo-American invasion of Sicily began on the night of July 9th, 1943. While Capa flew with paratroopers being dropped over Sicily in the campaigns earliest days, he didnt arrive on the island until late July, when he disembarked from a supply ship. He followed the American forces along the coast to Agrigento and from there moved into the islands mountainous interior. It was in this region that much of the hardest fighting was done, as German units fought a rear-guard action hoping to hold off the allies until an evacuation of their comrades from Messina, in the islands north east, was complete. (...). In his book Slightly Out of Focus Capa summerized the Sicilian campaign as, A twenty-one-day-race with the Italians in the lead, followed by the Germans, himself, and the press corps respectively, with the US army taking up the rear (magnumphotos.com). I.a. "Innocent victim in Troina receives U.S. Care" (scratched, wrinkles and some inksoiling); "Farewell before sailing to 'surround' Nazis'; "Italian refugees"; Lovers Parting. Agrigento, Sicily"; "Storming the beach at Salerno"; "Whew.. wat a close call" and "Italy... after gaining a brdigehead across a stream with aid of he engineers". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.