Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Motion Picture Films. 1942 - 1946. FINAL PHASES OF WAR IN ITALY

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Motion Picture Films. 1942 - 1946. FINAL PHASES OF WAR IN ITALY

1945

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Gen. Mark Clark describes the Allied campaign. Grenades are issued to U.S. infantry. U.S. planes bomb and strafe German positions on a ridge; trucks, infantry, and cavalry move up the mountain road and cross a bridge as Italian civilians cheer. Artillery is moved up and German POW's marched to the rear and fed. U.S. troops move into Bologna. Crowds jeer at pro-German collaborators who are herded into prisons. Gen. Clark confers with his aides. U.S. officers give "certificates of reliability" to partisans who then parade under the Italian flag. U.S. infantry creep along a partially demolished bridge. Ger. POW's are marched to the rear.

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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 ...