The Drive to Cisterna and the Italian Front Push
Soldiers of the Fifth Army south of Rome break out from a stagnant beachhead, retake Cisterna in a bold attack, capture German officers and 200 prisoners, and press toward Rome. Veterans of Salerno and Sicily lead the advance while civilians and reporters accompany the fast moving column through a damaged land.
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Michael Fanelli
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Simon Shelton
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Death of an Italian City Cassino falls to Fifth Army in Italy
Allied troops complete Cassino occupation finding rubble and wreckage. The Allied Military Government issues a blunt epitaph: no civil affairs officer will be appointed there because nothing remains to administer. Cpl Salvatore Cannizzo, Yank staff correspondent.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Cassino
Cpl
Salvatore Cannizzo
YANK
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