Army vehicles of U.S. 85th Regiment pass through shell torn villages in Italy during the Po Valley Offensive of World War 2. Vehicles pushing from Monte Pastore drive through a shell torn village. Italian civilians walk through the debris. Opening scene shows local man, woman, and girl, standing in doorway of a house. An American soldier appears momentarily nearby. Next, two Army trucks followed by several jeeps, drive down a narrow street, raising lots of dust. Some Italian civilians watch from a stoop at entrance of a building. A lone jeep passes in the opposite direction. The houses of the village are made of masonry and stone. Two women and two and two children walk over some rubble. A jeep pulling a trailer speeds past the camera. In the background, two American soldiers are eating. Next to them is a stretcher, leaning against the building wall. Other supplies are also seen in the vicinity. A truck drives past. (Note: Plain paper opening slate simply says "Kurland." which, reportedly refers to David Kurland, 196th Signal Photo Co.)
U.S. 86th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division advances in Italy during the Po Valley Offensive of World War 2. Two Field Grade officers of the 86th Regiment examine and discuss tactical maps at an outdoor command post. The area is dry and dusty. They rinse their hands at a water pump on the street. Infantrymen are issued bandoliers with cartridges and also hand grenades (some of which are tossed to them)..
U.S. 86th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division soldiers in a shell torn village in Italy during the Po Valley Offensive of World War II. The soldiers stop to take a smoke after more than three days of intensive fighting. The soldiers drink water from a pump. One soldier turns the hand crank as others drink from the well.
U.S. 10th Mountain Division in Italy during the Po Valley Offensive of World War II. A split file of infantrymen on a dusty road. U.S. 10th Division Mule Pack train moves up along a road near Badia. Units of 10th U.S. Cavalry Reconnaissance troops move along the road.
U.S. 376th Bomb Group B-24 Liberators in flight over Italy during World War II. B-24 Liberator bombers in flight over snow capped Alps. Nine B-24s in flight. Palm trees on a beach. A torn American flag flying.
;Allied Operation Husky in World War 2. British 8th Army advances forward in Sicily during World War II. British transports and warships along a coastline as bombs from enemy airplanes drop in water around them. British troops march along a road. A ship at an anchor in the background. White flags flutter from the balconies of Italian homes. British soldiers drink wine from a pitcher. A soldier hands a chocolate to a woman holding a small baby. U.S. troops ride into the town on donkey carts. Several men walk along with the carts. British armored units drive through the city. Captured enemy food is distributed among Sicilian peasants. British Army General Bernard Montgomery in an open motor car drives past British troops and through the town. A group of Italian soldiers wave white clothes to surrender to British soldiers. Axis prisoners march through the streets of Syracuse. Captured and wrecked enemy equipment. People cheer as British trucks loaded with soldiers drive into Francofonte, Italy. Axis prisoners lined up on a highway follow a British truck. German prisoners debark from a prison ship in England. The prisoners and insignias in view. (including insignia of the Hermann Göring Division)
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