The Fighting Forty-fifth: The Combat Report of an Infantry Division

179th Infantry Regiments 180th Infantry 180th Infantry Regiment 1st Bn 2nd Bn 3rd Bn 45th Division advance American ammunition anti-tank ANZIO armor artillery artillery fire ASCHAFFENBURG assault beach beachhead bombing bridge CALORE River captured casualties cleared combat COMISO command post Company continued Corps counterattack crossing defenses Divi Division Artillery Division sector Division's east elements encountered enemy artillery enemy troops enemy's Field Artillery Battalion fire fight forced forward front German grenades high ground HILL Infantry Division Infantry sector Italian landing Lieutenant machine gun machine gun fire March Mark VI tank mortar mortar fire mountain MUNICH night northeast northwest NURNBERG operation Panzer patrols pillboxes platoon prisoners rear Reconnaissance REIPERTSWILLER resistance ridge right flank River road blocks route SELE River Seventh Army shells SICILY SIEGFRIED LINE small arms fire sniper soldiers strong tank destroyers tion town units VENAFRO VI Corps vicinity withdraw wounded ZINSWILLER