Aerial view railroad freight yard in Milazzo, Sicily. Railway station freight yard after devastation from the Allied Invasion of Sicily during World War 2. Wrecked train cars in front of Milazzo station. A destroyed automobile on top of a flat car. Upended rail cars, tracks and rubble are scattered all over the Milazzo railway station freight yard.
United States soldiers walk together in the old town area of Milazzo after the Allied Invasion of Sicily during World War 2. More United States soldiers pass by ancient stone stairs, Italian man with donkey, and more curious townspeople. United States soldier pulls a mule carrying supplies. Soldiers pass by a church, walk up a sloped, busy street full of people.
United States soldier spins propeller of Piper Cub airplane to start before taking off in airfield near Randazzo, Sicily during World War 2. Piper Cub takes off from field for reconnaissance mission.
United States soldiers communicate on the ground with radiomen in airplane reconnaissance missions during the Allied Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. Soldier use a radio telephone to talk to radioman while taking notes of enemy position. Soldiers working on plotting boards and calculators. United States soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 60th Field Artillery fire M2A1 Howitzer in battlefield. Artillery shells hit mountain.
Town sign of Messina during Allied Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. United States soldiers and jeeps pass through road in Messina. Soldiers walk through a street with houses and stone structures devastated by invasion. Four United States soldiers onboard a military jeep drive through rubble-strewn street in Messina. United States soldiers begin to clear rubble and wreckage from street using bulldozer. British soldiers pause briefly to share supplies from truck. Italian prisoners-of-war are made to march out of the city while holding white flags in surrender.
British and United States soldiers clear up rubble in ruins of Messina after the Allied Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. Commandos of the British Army cook with military stove and drink with mugs on a devastated street in Messina. A military vehicle drives through ruined part of Messina (probably 157th Infantry, 45th Division ). View of a partly sunken ship by the waterfront. General George S. Patton and General Lucian K. Truscott arrive in Messina’s waterfront. Generals George S. Patton and Lucian K. Truscott speak with British officer at city hall after surrender at present day Piazza Unita d'Italia (building seen behind them is Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 134, 98121 Messina)
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