General Mark W Clark during World War II in Salerno, Italy. General Clark with others, British General Richardson, Major General Alfred Gruenther standing and discussing. All the army personnel along with General Clark walk away and meet the other army personnel standing in a row. General Clark congratulates the soldiers of 82nd Airborne Division. Monsignor Francesco Cuazzo of Maria del Granta Monastery thanking General Gruenther for the contribution in repairing the old church. General Clark receives a jewel as a token of gratitude from the Monastery service men.
Soldiers of 105th CA (AA) Battalion being decorated in Sicily, Italy. About a dozen members of the Battalion march abreast, across a grass field, towards the officers. Brigadier General Clift Andrus, artillery Commander of the 1st Infantry Division, pins silver stars and other decorations on the soldiers. The 105th CA (AA) Battalion is seen drawn up in formation in the background. The 105th CA AA was a battalion, not a regiment. It was attached as a separate battalion to the First Infantry Division for the North Arican and Sicilian campaigns and then to the Thirty-sixth Infantry Division for the Italion campaign. My source is over 100 letters written home by my father during those campaigns.
Italian dignitaries enter the conference hall of the Salerno Municipio building in Salerno Italy. Marshal Pietro Badoglio along with other government officials and dignitaries take seats around the conference table. Dignitaries greet and shake hands with each other. They include Sforza, Togliatti, Croce, Rodino, Mancini.
View of two guards standing at the entrance of King's Villa in Salerno,Italy. Several women standing in the background near the entrance. Views from just outside the partially open door of a large stadium filled with people. A sign outside reads "C.E.F. General Commandant Le C.E.F." Elected and military officials walk together down a stairs to a parked car. Guards salute and stand attentively. A officer walks towards the car and salutes to another officer.
Military personnel try to put out a fire using foam after crash between a P-47 and a B-24 in Naples Italy. Men rush in the ground for help. Burnt fuselage of the P-47. The tail and burnt section of B-24 plane. (World War II period).
B-24 wreckage burns in Naples, Italy during World War 2. American military personnel gather try to put out flames using spray foam. Immense smoke from B-24 remains. Soldiers drag out two burned dead bodies of B-24 crewman. They cover the bodies with blankets.
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