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.
Attack sleds designed for U.S. soldiers in Italy. Troops in prone position inside the sleds. An officer looks at the soldiers inside the sleds. He helps one of the soldiers to put his gun inside the sled. A small tank pulls the sleds through mine fields. The tank crashes through a tree and a stone wall while pulling the attack sleds. (World War II period).
The Italian Campaign of World War II. U.S. Army jeeps and trucks passing through a farmyard in Italy. A wooden structure in view. A radio operator in a radio jeep speaking into a microphone. A soldier standing beside the jeep. The soldier moves away. Radio equipment in the jeep. Another soldier seated beside the radio operator. The operator seated at the steering wheel and speaking over a radio.
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