Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Motion Picture Films. 1942 - 1946. BEACHHEAD INTACT--ITALY

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Motion Picture Films. 1942 - 1946. BEACHHEAD INTACT--ITALY

1944

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U.S. tanks, troops and artillery moving up through the rubbled streets of Anzio, Italy pass MP's directing traffic. Engineer troops dig in the ruins as troops file by masses of smashed and abandoned German equipment. Troops, halftracks and artillery roll through the ruins of Gaeta, Italy. Shows wrecked German equipment. German prisoners are marched to the rear. A machine gunner fires at the fighting front. First aid and blood plasma are administered to the wounded and stretcher bearers bring in wounded. Gens. Truscott and Clark confer. British and American units meet.

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Clark, Mark Wayne, 1896-1984

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Mark Wayne Clark (1896-1984) was born in Madison Barracks, New York. After he graduated from West Point in 1917, he commissioned in the infantry. During World War I, he became wounded in combat while commanding a battalion in France. He served with the War Department General Staff from 1921 to 1924. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1935 and the Army War College two years later. Between 1940 and 1942, he served at General Headquarters and then Army Ground Forces. He rose ...

Truscott, Lucian King, 1895-1965

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General Lucian King Truscott Jr. (January 9, 1895 – September 12, 1965) was a highly decorated senior United States Army officer, who saw distinguished active service during World War II. Between 1943–45, he successively commanded the 3rd Infantry Division, VI Corps, Fifteenth Army and Fifth Army. He was, along with Alexander Patch, among the few U.S. Army officers to command a division, a corps, and a field army on active service during the war. His Distinguished Service Cross citation reads...