Fire bombs burn on Mount Caprara, Italy during World War II. Huge clouds of smoke rise from fire bombs dropped on mountain side. Strafing and bombing of Mount Sole by U.S. bombers.
German soldiers surrender arms to U.S. troops in Italy during World War II. German soldiers turning in arms to the United States Army. German nurse in uniform speaks with two soldiers. United States Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes and other officers stand in front of German ammunition dump. General Keyes inspects rifles and small German arms. Damaged buildings with heap of debris in the foreground.
United States soldiers in Italy during World War II. Italian castle containing stolen work of art stolen by Nazi German forces. Scenic view of mountainous terrain and village in the valley. U.S. soldiers relax in front of a fence. Army vehicles parked in front of a church. Soldiers talk in front of a painting. Ambulances and convoy of army vehicles on a road. U.S. soldiers in army jeep.
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.
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