Wounded and captured before he was rescued during combat at the Gustav Line in Italy, this young officer returned to duty just in time to join the breakout from Anzio
Category: Italy
Sergeant Steiner S. Straw, Jr. (1920–1943)
An Army Air Forces armorer killed in a tragic accident at an airfield in Sardinia
Technician 5th Grade Clayton Jones (1917–1944)
A plumber/pipefitter turned Army Air Forces firefighter caught up in a tragic accident at an airfield in Italy
Technician 5th Grade Dominick La Monica (1907–1944)
A pharmacist from New York fatally injured in an accident shortly before he was to return home
Private Adam S. Adamowicz (1921–1944)
A high school football star turned tank crewman killed in action during the drive on Rome
Private Robert P. Mulreaney, Jr. (1916–1944)
A Pennsylvanian in the 815th Engineer Aviation Battalion whose final act of sacrifice saved his brother's life
Captain William W. Galt (1919–1944)
An infantry officer from Montana who earned the Medal of Honor during the breakout from Anzio
Corporal Elmer F. Park (1919–1944)
A member of the 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion killed in action during the breakout from Anzio
Staff Sergeant Frank Dixon (1917–1944)
An N.C.O. in the 894th Tank Destroyer killed in action soon after arriving at the Anzio beachhead
1st Lieutenant Wallace C. Forbush, Jr. (1918–1944)
The story of a platoon leader in the 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion at Anzio who had married less than three months before going overseas
Delaware's World War II Fallen 