Like so many World War II soldiers who are called heroes, BillArballo says he was “just doing my job. I was a medic,” he says.”We got caught in a big situation. All I did was help as many ofthe ...
To my generation, the word “Anzio” has a connotation like Antietam and Okinawa. Bob Lynch, a Florida neighbor and a vigorous 92-year-old Irishman from Rye, N.Y., served at Anzio in the Second World ...
In "Anzio," renowned military historian Lloyd Clark has written a gripping account of a major World War II military campaign that is as relevant today as ever. What Clark shows, with an overwhelming ...
The word beachhead, when used in a military context, defines a shore-based landing zone wrested from an enemy and secured as a route of access to inland targets. The key word invaders have learned ...
On January 22, 1944, six months after the Allied invasion of Sicily, American and British troops swarmed ashore at Anzio, roughly 30 miles south of Rome. The brainchild of Winston Churchill and dubbed ...
Caption from LIFE. "In a riddled tent five men were killed and eight wounded by a German shell. The tent is a ward in the beachhead hospital." Caption from LIFE. "In a riddled tent five men were ...
The commanding officer of the cruiser Anzio was fired Thursday amid allegations of personal misconduct. Capt. Brian Sorenson was removed by Rear Adm. Bret Batchelder, commander of Carrier Strike Group ...