Allied wounded leave Elba.

Allied wounded leave Elba. Allied soldiers, wounded during the landings on the Island of Elba, are shown aboard an Allied landing craft lying off Marina di Campo, Elba. Following the swift advance of the Allied armies up the West Coast of Italy from Rome to points on a level with Elba, Allied troops landed on the German-held island June 17, 1944. After violent battles, Elba fell two days later, its capture closing the Nazi sea route through the gap between Corsica and Italy.