Seventy-five years ago, on Jan. 22, 1944, the Battle of Anzio (code-named "Operation Shingle") began with the amphibious landing of U.S. and British soldiers along a narrow strip of Italy's west coast ...
Twenty-two American soldiers received the Medal of Honor for service during the battle of Anzio in World War II. In late 1943, the Allies were attempting to liberate Italy from the Germans during ...
In 1944, John Eshia spent several months in a wet foxhole, watching his feet swell from the cold and doing his best to avoid German bullets. It was winter and Eshia was one of tens of thousands of ...