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Spearhead of the Fifth Army - The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Italy, from the Winter Line to Anzio (Hardcover)
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Spearhead of the Fifth Army - The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Italy, from the Winter Line to Anzio (Hardcover)
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Upon the completion of the Sicily and Salerno Campaigns in 1943,
the paratroopers of Colonel Reuben Tucker's 504th Parachute
Infantry Regiment were among the first Allied troops to enter
Naples. A ghost town at first sight, the residents soon expressed
their joy at being liberated. Four weeks later the 504th - upon the
special request of General Mark Clark - spearheaded Fifth Army's
drive through the notorious Volturno Valley - the Germans' next
stand. January 1944 seemed to promise a period of rest, but the
landing at Anzio meant deployment for the paratroopers again, this
time by ship. A bombing raid during their beach landing was a
forecast of eight weeks of bitter fighting. Holding the right flank
of the beachhead along the Mussolini Canal, the paratroopers earned
their nickname "Devils in Baggy Pants" for their frontline
incursions into enemy lines, as well as their stubborn defense of
the Allied salient. In this work H Company's attachment to the
British 5th Grenadier Guards - and the Victoria Cross action of
Major William Sidney - are painted in comprehensive light for the
first time. Also the story of Honorary Member of the 504th P.I.R.,
Italian veteran Antonio Taurelli, is included. Using war diaries,
personal journals, letters and interviews with nearly 80 veterans,
a close-in view of the 504th P.I.R. in the Fifth Army's Italy
Campaign is here provided in unsurpassed detail. This work is the
third by Van Lunteren on the 504th P.I.R. In World War II following
The Battle of the Bridges and Blocking Kampfgruppe Peiper. As
readers will see, however, the Italian theater held second place to
none in terms of grueling combat and courage against formidable
odds, and an extremely expert enemy.
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