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91st Field Artillery Battalion – Men and Armor by Bill Prati     

124 Pages scanned

Contents:

Briefing
Birth of a Battalion, Fort Knox
On the Way
Getting Ready, Newcastle, Kilkeel, Norman Gibbs
Preparation for Shipment
     Africa Bound
Armor in Africa
     Rain, Mud and Arabs
     Move to Sbeitla.
     At Faid Pass.
The “Rat Race”
     Delaying Action.
Retaliation at Maknassy
     Battle of Maknassy.
     GIs Meet British.
     Back to Faid.
     The Final Phase.
     Victory Africa Day.
     Victory Parade.
On Italian Soil
     Camp at Villa Volturno
     To the Front.
Action Below Cassino
     ‘Million Dollar’ Barrage.
     Along the Via Roma.
     Homeless People.
     Cassino Bound.
     Move to Anzio.
On the Anzio Beachhead
     Our First Position.
     Forced Withdrawal.
     The Pool Table.
     The Cave Area.
     Cave Dwellers.
     Beachhead Summation.
Beachhead Breakthrough
     Liberation of Rome.
Hot On His Heels
     The “T/O” Area.
Along and Across the Arno
     Stars Before Our Eyes.
     The Gothic Line.
Along Highway 65
Continued Operations
     Shift to Ripafratta.
Po Valley Serenade
     High Objective.
     In the Po Valley.
     The Last Big Tank Battle.
     Po Valley Resume.
Post-Campaign Period
     On the Social Side.
     In Torin.
     Signorinas and Partisans.
     Big Money.
     The Partisans.
     Frontier Duty at Como.
     Final Assembly in Italy.
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