BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON REPAIR TENT in Corsica, riddled by bomb fragments. U. S. medium bombers based here ranged over all northern Italy and southern France. Fields in Corsica were within range of enemy planes based in the Po Valley, and were bombed and strafed periodically.
CORSICA
MALARIA CONTROL IN CORSICA. Throughout the Mediterranean campaign, the malaria problem was ever present. Vigorous measures were taken to eliminate the disease-carrying mosquito. Douglas A-20 Havoc light-bomber (top) spreading Paris green dust over swampland near an Allied military installation; (bottom) refilling hopper of plane with dust.
ITALY
(9 September 1943–4 June 1944)
ITALY