Spearhead of the Fifth Army - The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Italy, from the Winter Line t
Upon the completion of the Sicily and Salerno Campaigns in 1943, the paratroopers of Colonel Reuben Tucker's 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment were among the first Allied troops to enter Naples. A ghost town at first sight, the residents soon expressed their joy at being liberated. Four weeks later the 504th--upon the special request of General Mark
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