| Caption | Lieutenant General Mark Clark and Navy Rear Admiral Alan Kirk aboard command ship USS Ancon during the Sicily operations, Mers-el-Kebir, Oran, Algeria, 18 Jul 1943. ww2dbase | |||||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | |||||||||||
| Identification Code | 80-G-215139 | |||||||||||
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| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||||
| Added Date | 1 Sep 2016 | |||||||||||
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| WW2-Era Place Name | Oran, Algeria |
| Lat/Long | 35.7196, -0.6892 |
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7 Sep 2016 11:29:33 AM
Behind Clark and Kirk are Army Major General Alfred Gruenther, Clark's Chief-of-Staff, and Navy Captain Paul Mather, Ancon's commanding officer.