A column of vehicles of the 8th Armored Division.The first tank is from the 8th AD,36th Tank Battalion.March 2 1945(rudeerude) 

8th Armored Division

An M4A1 of C Company and two M18 Hellcats of the 701 th TD Battalion attemp to tow a disabled M4A1 up  a hill on december 11th 1944.The location was near a forward observation post and was under direct observation by the Germans.The winter of 44/45 was unusually harsh.And for every mountain or hill climbed in Italy ,an even taller one appeared ahead.The mountanious terrain of Italy made offensive operations extremely difficult.Tankers used to say
"It's just on the other side of that mountain"...
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