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Born: Parma, 11 Jun 1890
Died: Turin, 2 Nov 1978
Promotions:
Cadet Regia Accademia Militare di Fanteria e Cavalleria di Modena (1909)
sottotenente (19 Sept 1911)
tenente
captain
maggiore (1918)
tenente colonnello (1 Dec 1926)
colonnello (31 Dec 1936)
Generale di Brigata (1 Jan 1942)
Generale...
U.S. Seventh Army - Lieutenant General George S. Patton
1st Ranger Battalion
3rd Ranger Battalion
4th Ranger Battalion
70th Tank Battalion
753rd Tank Battalion
601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
813th Tank Destroyer Battalion - two platoons
39th Engineer Regiment
540th Engineer Shore Regiment
5th...
46th British Infantry Division - General H. A. Freeman-Attwood
Notes:
The division did not see service in Sicily but landed at Salerno in September 1943 as part of the US Fifth Army during the initial invasion of Italy.
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division - Major General Matthew Ridgway (1)
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Reuben Henry "Rube" Tucker
1-504 PIR (2)
2-504 PIR (2)
3-504 PIR
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment - Colonel James M. Gavin
1-505 PIR
2-505 PIR
3-505 PIR
325th Glider...
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