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Show Americans Advancing Across the Volturno - ' 1 : . ... (: ' r . : : ::: -.-.v: : : v: j . 'V : :: :: i . . ' ... ... ...... ..."- ........ L w k - ,si . i ... ' V ' : ; i I?' j Despite strong German defensive action, Allied forces pushed across Ihe Volturno river In their steady northward march over Italy. Top: American infantry troops tow themselves across the strategic river on i a rubber pontoon. Bottom: A group of American soldiers pitch a steel pontoon bridge across the Volturno while a sentinel guards against snipers. |