PEACE RETURNS TO
SALERNO
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Many families escaped the bombings and artillery
fire but returned to find their homes destroyed. |
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| Lt. Rex T. McCord, Sgt. Cleburn Kroll and Pvt.
Pete Burns talk with an Italian town mayor shortly after the invasion. |
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Built in 700 B.C., the temple of Neptune at
Paestum recalls an ancient Greek civilization. |
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| Italian women open outdoor laundry under ancient
ruins of Paestum. Soldiers welcomed this opportunity, had to furnish soap. |
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| American and German troops have long since left
Salerno in this view taken nearly two years after the landings. The structures are badly
battle-scarred, but jagged mountain peaks in the background still give beauty to a
panorama at the Salerno harbor. |
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