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Pescara Italy
Located on East coast in the British front.
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Perguia, Italy
14 February
Railroad Yards on Rome-Florence Line.
(Date has to be 1944, as both Florence was captured before Feb 1945.)
(Note- Rome-Florence LINE refers to a…
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Perguia, Italy
Railroad Yards on Rome-Florence Line.
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Parma Italy
Railroad Yard attacked by P-47s.
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In this photo, the US 12th Air Force is bombing a bridge across the Po River near Ostiglia.
On April 23, 1945, the 85th Division crossed the river on a railroad bridge at…
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Note the Date of 15 Nov 1945 is AFTER the war had ended.
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April 23, 1945
Advance forces of the 85th Division reached the Po River at Quingentole, between the mouth of the Secchia River and the bridge at Ostiglia farther east.
US forces…
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Ostiglia, Italy. July 20, 1944
(About 65 Miles SW of Verona)
B-25's at 7000 feet, drop bombs on an Axis oil dump.
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You have a lot of history of WW2 but is not related to the 8th Armored Division. Can be confusing.
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Inscription is wrong. The 329 Regiment was not in the 85th Division. It was in the 83rd Division but the 83rd was not in Italy.
Guess that this should be 329 FA or possibly 339…
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Captain Roeder was in command of Company G of the 350th Infantry Regiment of the 88th Infantry Division. This company advanced far ahead of any other unit in 5th Army and…
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This photo is quite well-known and has been published in many books, etc. However, every publication does not correctly identify the unit or aircraft or date.
This aircraft was…
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Other day-time photos show photo of an American Spitfire sitting on the edge of the beach at Salerno.
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Link to another map showing US forces at this time:
http://www.custermen.com/ItalyWW2/History/MapTrasimeno.GIF
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Henry Guarnere served as a Medic in the 47 Armored Medical Battalion of 1st Armored Division. Like his 'famous' brother, Henry earned a Silver Star Medal in North Africa. He was…
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Bill Guarnere joined the Paratroopers in WW2 and became a member of "Easy Company" of the 506th Regiment. His story is depicted in the HBO movie series "Band of Brothers. He…
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Dates seem to match that for Mildred Cole, daughter of Newton and Jessie Cole. Her first marriage was to a Bob Meeks. Her second was to Caldwell.
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The Newton Cole family did not have a 9-year old child named "Jessie P". Their youngest child was actually named "Marion Josephine", born 1920. This has to be a error in the…
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Edna May was a twin to a brother named Edward Gray, who died at age 22 months. Edna May was known as "Girlie". She married Homer Proctor and lived in Ethel, Miss, most of her…
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