MERRILL - Maybe losing the arm saved his life. Ralph Wehlitz can't exactly remember which day shrapnel from a German mortar shell shredded his left hand and lower arm. It was around Jan. 18, 1944, he ...
Polish officials on Monday paid tribute to soldiers who, after a bloody World War II battle, captured Monte Cassino in Italy, ...
In the winter of 1944, the Allied powers had already landed in Southern Italy and were pushing north. It became obvious the Axis were losing the war, it was only a matter of time. They wouldn’t go ...