Capt. O; Just finished reading the Salerno article. Eventho I was there I read things
that I didn't know about and some things that were not mentioned. Of course I
was just in a small section of Salerno, (1 Co. of the 34th Divn.) The 36th made the
assault and the Germans were waiting with tanks. and they almost pushed the
36 back to shore but the 151st Field Artly. of the 34th Divn. was attached to the
36th. and they stopped the counter attack of the Germans by lowering their
guns to fire level almost point blank. Also the 100th Bn. is not mentioned.
the ranger Bns. were Col. Darby's Rangers. And the 34th made the Volturno
river crossings. THANKS to the help of the Combat Engineers.
If you have the book "DOGFACES WHO SMILED THROUGH TEARS", Read from
page 312 to 349. Thea auther of the book was there. I did learn some things
I wasn't aware of in the above article. Roque Riojas (1st Bn. 135th Inf. Regt.34th D)