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The Battle of Anzio was a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that commenced January 22, 1944. The battle began with the Allied amphibious landing known as Operation Shingle , and ended on June 4, 1944, with the liberation of Rome .
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The 6615th landed at Peter Beach in the port of Anzio, on January 22, 1944.It suffered very few casualties and moved into the city itself. After the U.S. VI Corps occupied Anzio, the corps commander, Major General John P. Lucas and the 3rd Division commander, Major General Lucian Truscott, met with Colonel Darby and decided to have the Rangers sneak behind the German lines and capture the town ...
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It was a temporary grass airfield used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 416th Night Fighter Squadron between 14 June and 8 July 1944, flying Bristol Beaufighters on night defensive interceptor patrols during the Anzio landing. When the Americans pulled out the airfield was dismantled by engineers and returned to agriculture.
The main landing force was provided by No. 2 Commando but most of the other commando units supplied demolition parties to assist in disabling the port facilities. [11] A member of No. 9 Commando at Anzio, 5 March 1944. The men were then used to reinforce the Gibraltar garrison during Operation Torch, the landings in French North Africa.
Flight 701, a Boeing 707-131B (N757TW), suffered a nosegear collapse on landing at Los Angeles International Airport; the aircraft caught fire and burned out but all 63 on board survived. [43] April 19, 1974 Lockheed TriStar 1 (N31007) burned out while parked at Logan International Airport following an unexplained fire; no casualties. [44 ...
Anzio: The Friction of War. Italy and the Battle for Rome 1944. London: Headline Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-7553-1420-1. "Orders of Battle.com". Archived from the original on 17 July 2007; Houterman, Hans; Koppes, Jeroen. "World War II unit histories and officers". Archived from the original on 26 June 2007