Some weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit the Anzio Beachhead museum. Opened in January 1994, in the 50th Anniversary of the Allied landings, the Anzio Beachhead Museum is hosted at the ground ...

Pucci was among the American infantrymen who endured the Anzio beachhead that one German propagandist called "the largest self-supporting POW camp in the world." Photo courtesy of Joe Pucci.

Fifth Army, Sixth Corps, and British First Infantry Division landed on the beachhead at Anzio, on Italy’s west coast and about 35 miles from Rome.

2 Anzio Annie – the name given to shells aimed at the port of Anzio by German long range gun 3 Frogs in the Pontine Marshes on the east side of the beachhead 4 Duff – Army jargon for desert ...

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times on May 30, 1945, the traditional date for Memorial Day. The war in Europe had come to an end on May 7, punctuated by the suicide of Adolf Hitler … ...

Maj. Gen. John P. Lucas, commander of the Anzio operation, was overly cautious in his advance off the beachhead, Easter said. While Lucas waited for more men and supplies, the German Army ...

The Anzio Beachhead resembled the muddy battlefields of World War 1. Muddy trenches, huge artillery craters, and a stalemate reminiscent of the previous conflict.

Anzio's beachhead museum occupies part of a handsome Art Nouveau palace, a short walk from the seafront. In January 1944 Allied forces landed in this once fashionable seaside resort - 30 miles ...

But the bombardment was nothing like the daily barrages awaiting the 34th Infantry Division soldier at Anzio. "The Germans had all the high spots, they were really dug in, and they threw ...

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times on May 30, 1945, the traditional date for Memorial Day. The war in Europe had come to an end on May 7, punctuated by the suicide of Adolf Hitler … ...