After Cassino fell the lads moved up the West coast with the yanks and upon reaching the Arno had their guns taken away and they were deployed as Infantry. This came as bit of a shock as they went straight to the front line and into the diversionary attack of 1944 Bill remembers the Brazilian troops they passed on the way.....
One of the men found a camera and took pictures of them in action but when they got the file developed the Italian who did it claimed the film was blank. This caused a bit of upset in the team and think the developer was "spoken to" . sadly it means that no record exists of them in combat.
After this deployment Bill was in the rest camp at Tarranto and then stationed in Bari. These pics are from that time. The party is new years eve 1944.
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