Some weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit the Anzio Beachhead museum. Opened in January 1994, in the 50th Anniversary of the Allied landings, the Anzio Beachhead Museum is hosted at the ground ...

The push pins were jabbing ever closer at the heart of Nazi Germany. Cpl. Clyde Easter saw the progress most every time he came into the day room of the large recreation tent kept by the 181st ...

Only hours after Lt. Ellen Ainsworth succumbed to shrapnel wounds, a few dozen mourners gathered on the beachhead of Anzio, Italy, to honor the Army nurse who would be the only woman from Wisconsin to ...

Italian Chief Rabbi D. Prato yesterday recited a religious service for Jewish war heroes who died while serving in the U.S. armed services fighting in Italy during World War II. He joined General Mark ...

But the bombardment was nothing like the daily barrages awaiting the 34th Infantry Division soldier at Anzio. "The Germans had all the high spots, they were really dug in, and they threw everything ...

Twenty-two American soldiers received the Medal of Honor for service during the battle of Anzio in World War II. In late 1943, the Allies were attempting to liberate Italy from the Germans during ...

On the Anzio beachhead last week the U.S. and Allied press won a minor counterattack but they were losing a major battle against brass-buttoned censorship. The Army had served notice that it could ...

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times on May 30, 1945, the traditional date for Memorial Day. The war in Europe had come to an end on May 7, punctuated by the suicide of Adolf Hitler on ...