The glorious battle Indian soldiers fought in Italy, on a terrain as tough as the Himalayas Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) © Provided by The Print
On 8 July, the Chief of Army Staff, General M.M. Naravane, inaugurated the Indian Army Memorial at Cassino, Italy, to commemorate the Indian soldiers killed in action during the Battle of Cassino, January-May 1944.
In 1975, while hitchhiking in Italy, I spent two days studying one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War, fought around Monte Cassino. While the Commonwealth War Cemetery and Memorial at Cassino acknowledged the contribution of Indian soldiers, it is heartening to note that now a dedicated war memorial has been constructed by India.
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The First Deadly Round of Fighting at the Battle of Monte Cassino
During the first of four bloody attempts to take Monte Cassino and the town that occupied its slope, the Allied Fifth Army was repulsed.
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By December 1943, the phrase “sunny Italy” had evolved from being a travel agent’s selling point to becoming an ugly joke for the British and American troops of the Allied Fifth Army, advancing north from Naples to Rome. Rain and snow turned ground to mud and made roads impassable. Valleys were seas of black mud. Troops on the mountains created shelters behind rocks and in caves.
12 SAN ANTONIO, Texas –One of the oldest surviving World War II Veterans serving in the Battle of Salerno, Texas Army National Guard 1st Sgt. (ret.) Alfred Dietrick turned 99 years old Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Dietrick has been a fixture of the 36th Infantry Division and the Texas National Guard for over seven decades. The Texas Military Department presented him with a series of honors on his birthday to recognize the dedication and selfless service displayed by Dietrich.
Through LTC Rita M. Holton, the State Public Affairs Officer, Maj. Gen. Tracy R. Norris, the Adjutant General of Texas, and Maj. Gen. Patrick Hamilton, Commanding General of the 36th Infantry Division presented Dietrick with their challenge coins. Additionally, Dietrick received a historical compilation video honoring his service in Italy during the Battle of Salerno, and select historical items from the Texas Military Forces Museum’s 36th Infantry Division collection.