Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., assistant commander of the 1st Infantry Division during the invasion of Sicily, shown here with his jeep in January 1944. An admirer described him with four adjectives: “Bald, burnt, gnarled, and wrinkled.”


Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

US Cavalry at Anzio - 3rd Recon. Troop (prov.) taking part in an action with US Rangers at the town of Cisterna, Italy

Horse soldiers

Dead and dying Italian soldiers lie in a road near Palermo in July 1943, after their truck inadvertently hit an Italian mine while being pursued by U.S. troops. Near a jeep in the background, medics dress the wounds of an American lieutenant.
