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Searching for firewood in Anzio, Italy, 1945

By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 8, 2012
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Anzio, Italy, January, 1945: A woman hunts for firewood in the rubble heaps of Anzio, one year after the January 22, 1944 allied landing known as Operation Shingle. During the Anzio campaign, 2,800 American servicemembers were killed, 11,000 wounded and 2,400 captured.

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