Was there more than one Operation Torch conducted during World War II? U.S. Navy war records reveal an Operation Torch, a British-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II during the North African Campaign, having started on November 8, 1942. I've been unable to locate records regarding an Operation Torch in 1943.
The U.S. Coast Guard is commissioning a new cutter later this year, which will bear the name PAUL CLACK. Paul Leaman Clark took part in Operation Torch during November 1942, as a Coast Guard Fireman First Class. The cutter is being named after Paul Clark due to his heroic actions during Operation Torch.