United States soldiers in Frattamaggiore, Campania, Italy during World War II. Two U.S. soldiers enter a courtyard. The soldiers watch as Italian workers beat hemp crop. A woman with child in her arms stands in the background. Bundles of hemp being beaten on wooden logs by workers. Some passersby briefly watch the hemp workers.
United States soldiers in Frattamaggiore, Campania, Italy during World War II. Two U.S. soldiers accompanied with an Italian woman on the roof of a building. The soldiers play accordion and mandolin as the girl sings. United States soldier smiles while playing music on the rooftop. Italian woman singing.
Italian battleships and other warships carry Russian crews underway at a port in Augusta, Italy. The ships leave for Soviet ports. Italian Naval flag flutters aboard a battleship.
Fashion models show Italian designer Heinz Riva's fall winter collection on the rooftop of a building at Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy. The Trinità dei Monti church is seen in the background. Models wear tartan coats. Cocktail length raincoat capes, brocade and silk evening dresses are seen from the collection.
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.
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