Stand Er ith the Fifth Army in Italy Front Line Shell Tactics
An artillery forward observer plans an airdropped strike to hit a German dug- in force on a limestone ledge below a peak. Pvt James Vandergang and his brother Pfc Christopher Vandergang join a front line unit after hitching a Naples flight. Pvt Harry Rosinski survives three days in a German bombardment by hiding in a muddy basin before breaking free and rejoining his outfit.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Artilic
James Vandergang
Paterson
N. J
Casablanca
Naples
Jim
Pfc
Christopher Vandergang
Chris
Rome
Rosinski
Soldier with damaged helmet survives Italian front shell
Pfc. Andrew Warner of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania smiles despite a shell fragment piercing his helmet and liner on the Italian front. Caption credits list multiple Signal Corps photographers and military units, noting various locations and personnel including Sgt. Schnall and Cpl. A. H. Blecher Jr.
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Pfc
Andrew Warner
Wilkes-Barre
Signal Corps
Dillon Ferris
John Bushemi
George Aarons
Georg Meyers
Ben Schnall
Movie Life
Sampson
N. Y
Naval Training Station
Schnall
A. H. Blecher Jr
Midland (Tex.) Aaf
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Sgt. Burgess H. Scott
Yank
Stander
Harry Rosinski
Detroit
Mich
Sin