The Italian Campaign of the US Army (1943-1944)

American infantry in armored personnel carriers move along a road during the landing in Italy in September 1943. Tracked armored personnel carriers carrying infantry cross the Strait of Messina during the US landing in Italy.

One of the armored personnel carriers disembarks from a landing ship.

American artillerymen after the landing.

Snow-covered mountain slopes in Northern Italy, as a motorcade moves along a road in February 1944. A view of a one-story barracks building, military trucks approaching the barracks.

A convoy of trucks loading fuel.

American soldiers at a rest and meal break.

The roof of a burning house, smoke billowing between the rafters.

American soldiers pass a house with a smoking roof in an Italian city in August 1944. A soldier walks around and inspects the yard of one of the houses.

Smoking rafters of the roof of the house.

Two American soldiers walk along both sides of a street past dilapidated houses, examining the ruins.

Ruins of houses, an American patrol examining the ruins.

Sappers with mine detectors pass by.

Searching for mines left by the enemy.

American soldiers walk along the street, a jeep passes.

A US Army ambulance passes along the road.

Drainage pipes under the road.

A convoy of vehicles moves along the road.

The faces of American soldiers.

Clouds of smoke from a fire behind the trees, a scout heading toward the fire.

Burning plane wreckage in a field near distant trees, a column of smoke.

The dying wreckage of the plane.