U.S. Army 337th Engineers ("Keystone Engineers") near Avellino in the Campania region of Italy. View of a portion of a partially destroyed bridge over the Calore River. Soldiers working with various equipment and repairing the bridge. (World War II period).
A U.S. Army nurse walks towards the lister bag and fills her mug with water at the camp in Italy. Two nurses sleep on the cots in the tents of 93rd Evacuation Hospital camp. One of the nurses writing on paper lying in the bed while another is sleeping and the sides of the tents are rolled. A nurse brushes her teeth and carries a water container in another hand. Nurses walking on the ground in background. A nurse cleaning the utensils near the lister bag while two other nurses preparing food. Army tanks and trucks moving in the background. Nurse serving food to another in eating utensil. Nurses eating and smiling, with a Raggedy Ann doll beside them in a basket, by a lantern.
View of several 105mm Howitzer guns scattered on a field near Salerno Italy. (The location has been identified as near the village of Bivio Santa Cecilla, west of the railroad and just east of highway no. 18.) Units of the U.S. 45th Infantry Division, 160th Field Artillery, load and fire phosphorus shells at the German-held area called the "Tobacco Factory" (a circular formation of brick buildings on the Sele River, about a mile west of Persano). (World War II period).
U.S. Army units of the 753rd Tank Battalion, 645th Tank Destroyer Battalion, and 179th Infantry Regiment, advancing at Ponte Barizzo, Salerno, Italy, during World War 2. M-4 tanks moving past abandoned German Pz.III tank. Soldiers in M-4 tanks moving through the dusty and rough roads along the fields. Smoke rising from far distances. Soldiers loading and firing rounds from a 105mm Howitzer on a camouflaged M-7 tank motor carriage. Several soldiers near the camouflaged M-7 tanks preparing for the attack. (Note: the location is at the intersection of SP11a and SP 278 east of the Sele River.)
U.S. Army soldiers rush toward and mount a captured German quadruple mount 20mm flak gun in Salerno Italy. Soldiers observe the 20mm Flak gun. Soldiers traverse the quadruple mount of the gun. The gun is covered with grass and bushes for camouflage. Ammunition boxes are strewn about. (World War II period).
95th Evacuation Hospital near Salerno Italy. Several army trucks approaching the hospital tents. Soldiers help U.S. Army nurses get down from the trucks. Nurses walk towards their tents carrying their belongings. Nurses relaxing in the tents. (World War II period).
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