Hi all, nice post, on this day in 1944 my dad was in Rome, he was an infantryman in the 88th Inf Div. The unit that was first into Rome (also with the 1st SFF).
Anyway a lot of Italian campaign vets had some hard feelings about the landings in France. After all they were fighting long before the landings. The Italian campaign was kind of a side show for the allies. Fighting was bad on both fronts with different terrain and both fought hard.
Churchill called Italy, the "Soft underbelly of Europe" Mark Clark was more in tune when he called it "A tough old gut"
Anyway, my thanks and hats off to ALL the WWII vets, no matter where they fought and whatever they did.
GOD BLESS THEM!
Greg
