U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. U.S. soldiers of the 696th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company working in a field. They unload pipes from a truck. Men couple the pipes and tighten clamps. A pipeline stretches across the field.
U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. A man standing near a pipeline. The main gas line leading into the Volturno River. Pipelines stretching across the river. A soldier camouflaging a gas dump and small petroleum storage tanks.
U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. A gas dump. Trucks parked on a field. Hundreds of five gallon cans and a part of the main pipeline on the field. A jeep drives up to the gas dump. A soldier picks up a 5 gallon can of gas and fills the gas tank of the jeep.
U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. Trucks parked on a field. Soldiers load a supply truck with filled 5 gallon gas cans. A petroleum rack station along a road. An army supply truck and an army petroleum tank truck filling up. Mountains in the background. Other vehicles passing on a street nearby.
U.S. soldiers in Vairano, Italy during World War II. They feed Italian refugees. A mess tent. A sergeant of the 700th Ordnance Company talks to a group of children who are standing underneath the mess tent. He guides them into a line and the children are served the left overs. The children with containers get food. The remaining children in the line make a rush to get the last of the scraps. After the food is distributed, the soldiers gently push the children away.
A documentary television program depicts the role of U.S. soldiers in the Italian Campaign during World War II. Animated map of Italy shows the location of U.S. troops. The Volturno River and a damaged bridge on the river. Light vehicles cross over the bridge. Soldiers carry shovels. Vehicles move from a temporary bridge. A damaged bridge. Trucks drive on a mud road and on the temporary bridge. A soldier walks through mud. Water on a road and a jeep drives through the water. Animated map shows the German Winter Line on mountain Mignano. A damaged bridge. Trucks move on a mud road. A soldier erects a sign board. Troops at work during the construction of a bridge. Mules carry supplies on their back. The troops load the supplies on the back of the mules. The mules carry the supplies and move. Animated map shows the location of British and U.S. troops before attacking the German Winter Line.