Size: 25.5 x 17.5 inches. This Operation Husky map titled "Messina" Italy was published by the war office on 1941, with the second edition (colored) published in 1943. This combat map was carried by an infantry soldier serving 7th Army that that led members of his squad after their beach head landing in southern Sicily on July 10, 1943. After succeeding in North Africa, Patton, now promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General, became commander of the newly formed Seventh Army, which was formed at midnight on 10 July 1943 by the re-designation of the I Armored Corps.
The Allied invasion of ...
