Tunis, North Africa. Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, General Sir Harold Alexander and General Dwight D Eisenhower step down from the stairs of Eisenhower Villa Headquarter. Three of them standing in their army uniform engaged in a discussion.
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.
Demonstration of military activities in Ain-el-Turk, North Africa. General Mark W Clark and General Alexander standing on the hilltop. Smoke from the ground at the side of the officers seen. General Clark and General Alexander walk down the hill. Generals walk by the demonstration ground, discuss and walk towards the jeep. General Clark speaks with the soldiers and then gets into the jeep. Other officer along with General Alexander and General Clark gets into the jeep and drives away. (World War II period).
5th Army Headquarters in Algeria, North Africa. General Mark W Clark along with General Dwight Eisenhower and other army personnel enter the 5th Army Headquarters. U.S. soldiers at the entrance receive and salute the Generals. Major General Alfred Gruenther and Admiral Hewitt enter the headquarters. Soldiers marching in a parade in honor of the senior officers. General Gruenther and Admiral Hewitt salute the parade. General Eisenhower pinning the medal on General Clark. General Eisenhower, General Clark, Field Marshal Tedder, Admiral Hewitt along with other British and American officers. (World War II period).
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.
Salerno,Italy. Newly installed Italian government leaders convene. Cabinet Ministers Benedetto Croce, Palmitro Togliatti and Count Carlo Sforza, along with two others, converse in the lobby of the Salerno Municipio building. Other dignitaries moving in background. One of them smokes a cigarette while conversing.
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