Units of the 38th US-Infantry-Division walk ashore at a beach near Salerno/Italy. It's a reinforcement unit. The first landing troops encountered grim resistance by the german 29th Panzergrenadier-Division.

38th US-Infantry-Division at Salerno/Italy

General George S. Patton in good mood tries to open a bottle of wine at the victory celebration after the capture of Aachen. It is told that at this celebration -in presence of King George VI. of England and General Eisenhower- Patton told stories about his time in North Africa mentioning the 'tunisian pilferers' and that he shot a dozen of them with his own hand. 'Ike' was embarrassed and asked Patton back 'How many?'. Patton replied that it ''maybe could have been only half a dozen''. But Ike still wasn't pleased with that answer so that Patton admitted to the King that he kicked two pilferers terribly in the butt.

General George S. Patton in Aachen

US troops advancing in Southern France, August 1944.