US Fifth Army vehicles - jeeps, 3/4 ton Weapon Carrier (WC-51) truck, M8 armored car, trucks - on the Appian Way, passing through the bomb damaged city of Formia, Italy; 19 May 1944.
   Formia is a city and commune in the Mediterranean coast of Italy, halfway between Rome and Naples.   
It was badly damaged in 1943–44 in bombing operations and during Battle of Anzio.


Passing through what was a city

M8 Greyhound Armored Car of the 113th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, one of the first vehicles to cross the Belgian border into a town where flag waving local residents cheer them on; 2 September 1944.


Welcome to Belgium

U.S. troops advancing in Normandy, France, pause in a battle-scarred area to scan the road with field glasses before moving forward in their M-8 Greyhound 6x6 Light Armored Car, circa June-July 1944.