"The Texas Military Forces Museum and 36th infantry Division Association"
| Rome was free! the 36th drove trough the city and headed northward as enemy rear guards fell back to hastily prepared positions.Early on the morning of june 5 the 142nd infantry was fired upon at a turn in the road five miles outside the italian capital.The enemy delaying force , with several anti tank weapons and supported by strong mortar and artillery fires, presented a formidable obstacle. |
"The Texas Military Forces Museum and 36th infantry Division Association" |
| The enemy was completely confused.His battered division were scurrying north to avoid annihilation while fresh units were brought in to try to stave off the inevitable.A company of bicyclists, some 200 men recentlyhurried from Denamark, were thrown into the line in time to meet the full weight of the 36th's assault battalion near lake bracciano .This unique organization was crushed before it tasted battle, for the enemy ,the move had been futile practically all the troops were captured, along with their bicycles. |
A command party pauses in town square of "Allumiere" "The Texas Military Forces Museum and 36th infantry division association" |
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Port of Civitavecchia june 6-7 1944
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Badge 36th Texas division
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Badge of the 141st infantry |
Tanks to Gary Butler
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