--- title: Phil Stern: Classic World War II Photos, Italy, 1943 description: In tribute to photographer Phil Stern's long, celebrated career, LIFE.com presents a small selection of his pictures from World War II. canonical: https://time.com/48195/phil-stern-classic-world-war-ii-photos-italy-1943/ author: Ben Cosgrove article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-04T20:54:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:08:29.957Z og:title: Phil Stern: Classic World War II Photos, Italy, 1943 og:description: In tribute to photographer Phil Stern's long, celebrated career, LIFE.com presents a small selection of his pictures from World War II. og:url: https://time.com/48195/phil-stern-classic-world-war-ii-photos-italy-1943/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1079134db86cb139/69884c6ca988ca3aaa6b22ac/140905-phil-stern-ww2-7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: World War II, Phil Stern og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Phil Stern: Classic World War II Photos, Italy, 1943 twitter:description: In tribute to photographer Phil Stern's long, celebrated career, LIFE.com presents a small selection of his pictures from World War II. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1079134db86cb139/69884c6ca988ca3aaa6b22ac/140905-phil-stern-ww2-7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Phil Stern: Classic WWII Photos, Italy, 1943 > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Sep 4, 2014 8:54 PM UTC  Troops advancing through the streets of Comiso, Sicily, 1943. Troops advancing through the streets of Comiso, Sicily, 1943. Phil Stern Archives by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Sep 4, 2014 8:54 PM UTC A decorated World War II Army vet—he was one of the storied “Darby’s Rangers” (1st Ranger Battalion) who saw so much action in North Africa and Sicily in 1943—[Phil Stern](http://www.philsternarchives.com/) made some of the most memorable pictures to emerge from that war. This weekend, in celebration of his recent 95th birthday, the Philadelphia native will donate 95 of his classic WWII pictures, as well as iconic Hollywood portraits, to the Veterans Home of California in West Los Angeles. When LIFE.com recently asked Stern, through a mutual friend, what a photographer needs in order to do consistently solid work, he replied: “Access and a level of comfort with your subjects. When I was with Darby’s Rangers, part of the deal was I had to do my share of the fighting, so I was with these guys from the beginning—training in Scotland, then in North Africa and Sicily—so they were comfortable around me. They didn’t have a problem with my taking photos. I was one of them.” Here, in tribute to the man and his long, varied and celebrated career, LIFE.com presents a small but telling selection of his pictures from the Second World War. [\[See more at Phil Stern’s Archives\]](http://www.philsternarchives.com/) **The celebration of Stern’s gift of 95 photos will take place at the** [**Veterans Home of California in West Los Angeles**](https://www.calvet.ca.gov/VetHomes/Pages/West-Los-Angeles.aspx) **on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.**  Rangers on landing craft near Licata, Sicily, 1943. Phil Stern Archives  Rangers offloading onto Licata Beach, Invasion Day, July 11, 1943. Phil Stern Archives  Army Rangers, 1943. Phil Stern Archives  Army Rangers, Comiso, Sicily, 1943. Phil Stern Archives  Troops advancing through the streets of Comiso, Sicily, 1943. Phil Stern Archives  Crowd in Palermo, Sicily 1943. Phil Stern Archives  U.S. Army Ranger manning anti-aircraft gun, Sicily, 1943. Phil Stern Archives  U.S. Army Ranger on motorcycle, Sicily, 1943. 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