21 Oct 2021 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

In the shadow of Monte Cassino on January 21–22, 1944, the U.S. Army’s 36th “Texas” Division tried to cross Italy’s Rapido River. The rout of this former National Guard unit from Texas was one of the worst defeats Americans suffered on the battlefields of World War II, one that prompted veterans to present charges of incompetent leadership before Congress.



American soldiers in the Rapido valley on February 6, 1944, eye the abbey atop Monte Cassino, with snow-capped Monte Cairo in the background.

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