there were a very small group of men who were architects, art historians, archaeologists, painters in civilian life and who were in the army and selected for this particular job. they were excited to be given this opportunity? yes. is it safe to say our lives are still in danger when they rescued these items? can you get a couple of examples? yes. a lot of the damaged monuments work least with my hands and so first-aid always meant walking on rubble that had been filled with mines, and very often ayman part of their job was to get to this monument as fast as possible which meant in some cases the bombs were the artillery was still the battle was still on. fred part, one of these men, rushed to some castles in the tuscan countryside where the two, the german and the indian life was still fighting. so it did put this life in danger. was the group composed of mostly american soldiers? every unit of the government was composed in equal parts of british and america